Which .tpl file are we talking about? I changed this line...
<FONT class="VertMenuTitle">{$menu_title}</FONT>
- to -
{$menu_title}</FONT>
in the menu.tpl file. That got rid of the bacground but now I want the font color of "Help" to be White not blue.
Not sure if this is what you were asking me to do but at least I'm on the right track....I think.