Troubleshoot using color schemes

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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An object changes color when I paste it into another publication.

Your object is filled with a scheme color, and you are pasting it into a publication with a different color scheme. The object is automatically filled with a color of the new publication's color scheme.

If you want the object's color to remain unchanged, you need to select the object, and then fill it with a non-scheme color.

ShowHow?

  • Click the arrow next to the Fill Color button Button image, and then select an option from More Fill Colors.

ShowI changed my color scheme but some objects didn't change color.

Any objects that you filled with non-scheme colors remain the same when you change the color scheme. If you want an object's color to change when you change color schemes, you need to apply a scheme color to the object.

ShowHow?

  1. Select a color scheme from the Color Schemes task pane.
  2. Select the object you want to apply a scheme color to.
  3. Click the arrow next to the Fill Color button Button image, and then select the color you want.

ShowI want to change one color in a color scheme.

You need to create a custom color scheme based on the color scheme you want to change.

ShowHow?

  1. In the Color Schemes task pane, select the color scheme you want to modify, and then click Custom color scheme.
  2. Click the arrow next to each color you want to change, and then select a new color.
    • To see more color choices, click More Colors.
    • To use a shade or tint, click Fill Effects.
  3. Click Save Scheme, type a name for your custom color scheme, and then click OK twice.

ShowColor schemes are unavailable.

Your publication is probably set up for spot color printing. To make color schemes available, you need to change the color model to composite RGB.

ShowHow?

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, and then click Color Printing.
  2. Under Define all colors as, select Any color (RGB) – Best for desktop printers.
  3. Click OK.

ShowObjects with scheme colors applied to them do not change when I change color schemes.

You may have set up your publication for spot-color printing after you applied the scheme colors to these objects.

To restore these objects to using scheme colors, reapply a color scheme color to each object.

ShowHow?

  1. Select a color scheme from the Color Schemes task pane.
  2. Select the object you want to apply a scheme color to.
  3. Click the arrow next to the Fill Color button Button image, and then select the color you want.
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