Lose color fonts during PDF creation from MS Word

I have a B&W laser printer as my default and when I save a Word document to PDF, all colored fonts are changed to black. But if I change my default printer to my inkjet, it saves with color. It is a minor annoyance to have to do this each time and then change it back.
I am saving the PDF to upload it to my website, not to print it, so need the color font.
I couldn’t find a setting in the Reader preferences to change this.
Thanks.

Harlen-W wrote:
I couldn’t find a setting in the Reader preferences to change this.
Thanks.
That's because there are none.
Reader doesn't create PDF's. You would want to check with a Microsoft support forum to get an answer.

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