Troubleshoot filling objects with color

The object you changed might be behind an opaque text box or WordArt object. Select the text box or WordArt, and then press CTRL + T to make it transparent.

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 the corresponding color in the new publication's color scheme.

If you want the object's color to remain unchanged, you need to fill it with a non-scheme color before you paste it into another publication.

1. Click the object to select it.
2. On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill Color , and then click More Fill Colors or Fill Effects. Choose a color or effect.

To add non-scheme colors to the Fill Color palette and use them, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the General tab, select the Show basic colors in color palette check box.
3. Click OK.
4. On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill Color .
5. Click the color you want.

   To see more colors, click More Fill Colors. To see tints, shades, and gradients, click Fill Effects.

1. Right-click the picture or photograph that you want to recolor, and then click Format Picture.
2. In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Picture tab.
3. Under Image control, click Recolor.
4. Select the options you want, click Apply, and then click OK twice.

   Note  If your picture is an animated GIF picture, you cannot use this procedure to recolor it. Recolor the picture in an animated GIF editing program instead, and then insert the picture file again.

1. Select the object you want to change.
2. On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill Color .
3. Click No Fill.

You need to change the text box margins to be greater than 0 inches.