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How do I save a custom color in Word 2002?
I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors
assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? |
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:29:05 -0700, "PartnersUs"
wrote: I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? Styles are *the* way of storing custom font colors -- there is no other. You can use the Organizer to copy styles from one template to another (Tools Templates & Add-ins Organizer). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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How do I save a custom color in Word 2002?
here's a cheat I use because styles can be a pain in the ass, plus I have no
idea how to port them from one computer to another. Creat a word document that has text in it with all your custom colors-- you can carry it with you wherever you go. you can use the format painter (paintbrush icon on standard toolbar) to copy from one document to another. It will take other formatting with it but useful for text without fancy formatting. I also type the HSL/RGB numbers next to each color. "PartnersUs" wrote: I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? |
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How do I save a custom color in Word 2002?
here's a cheat I use because styles can be a pain in the ass, plus I have no
idea how to port them from one computer to another. Creat a word document that has text in it with all your custom colors-- you can carry it with you wherever you go. you can use the format painter (paintbrush icon on standard toolbar) to copy from one document to another. It will take other formatting with it but useful for text without fancy formatting. I also type the HSL/RGB numbers next to each color. "PartnersUs" wrote: I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? |
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How do I save a custom color in Word 2002?
For some reason you have posted this suggestion to a variety of old
messages, the originators of which will have long since moved on ... which is as well because advising people not to use styles in a style driven application is simply ridiculous. Word formats using styles. Even if you try to avoid them, the styles are present, so it would make more sense to learn how to use them properly rather than mickey mouse methods of avoidance that will make your documents even harder to edit. The styles used in a document are stored in the templates you use to create the documents, so 'to port them from one computer to another' transfer the templates. However if you modify styles within a document, those modified styles will remain with the document. If you use custom colours in a document, create character (or paragraph) styles as appropriate, that are formatted with those colours, stored in the document template, and apply the styles to the coloured texts as appropriate. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "dawn.aquila" wrote in message ... here's a cheat I use because styles can be a pain in the ass, plus I have no idea how to port them from one computer to another. Creat a word document that has text in it with all your custom colors-- you can carry it with you wherever you go. you can use the format painter (paintbrush icon on standard toolbar) to copy from one document to another. It will take other formatting with it but useful for text without fancy formatting. I also type the HSL/RGB numbers next to each color. "PartnersUs" wrote: I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? |
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How do I save a custom color in Word 2002?
For some reason you have posted this suggestion to a variety of old
messages, the originators of which will have long since moved on ... which is as well because advising people not to use styles in a style driven application is simply ridiculous. Word formats using styles. Even if you try to avoid them, the styles are present, so it would make more sense to learn how to use them properly rather than mickey mouse methods of avoidance that will make your documents even harder to edit. The styles used in a document are stored in the templates you use to create the documents, so 'to port them from one computer to another' transfer the templates. However if you modify styles within a document, those modified styles will remain with the document. If you use custom colours in a document, create character (or paragraph) styles as appropriate, that are formatted with those colours, stored in the document template, and apply the styles to the coloured texts as appropriate. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "dawn.aquila" wrote in message ... here's a cheat I use because styles can be a pain in the ass, plus I have no idea how to port them from one computer to another. Creat a word document that has text in it with all your custom colors-- you can carry it with you wherever you go. you can use the format painter (paintbrush icon on standard toolbar) to copy from one document to another. It will take other formatting with it but useful for text without fancy formatting. I also type the HSL/RGB numbers next to each color. "PartnersUs" wrote: I have created a Word template for letterhead with three custom colors assigned to selected styles. I'd like to make the custom colors permanently available in the color palette for the template so we don't have to rebuild them for other uses. How would I do this? |
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