Erik,
If you change the color of a piece of text you write on a blank page and then delete the text, you can save the file as a custom SmartDraw Template via the "Save As" command by clicking the round SmartDraw Menu Button in the upper left of the screen. When you open that custom template via "My Templates" when you start the program, you can start with whatever color text you established previously for that template.
Regards,
Alan Hays