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Color Palette change in Word 2003
How can I change the existing palette in word?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or
where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Hello.
A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially
shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in
both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Yes, but in Excel (pre-2007 anyway) you don't have access to more than a
56-colour palette in any one workbook, whereas in Word (post-2000) you have 16 million colours all available at once. I think Powerpoint may be different again - but don't quote me on that. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Hi.
How would a user know that they have more access to colors in word versus excel. To me, the palettes look the same (something like 5 shades of 8 different colors) to choose from. If you don't mind, please explain. Thanks. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Yes, but in Excel (pre-2007 anyway) you don't have access to more than a 56-colour palette in any one workbook, whereas in Word (post-2000) you have 16 million colours all available at once. I think Powerpoint may be different again - but don't quote me on that. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
My apologies - I just checked in Excel (2003) and colours in drawings work
the same way as in Word (PowerPoint is slightly - but only slightly - different because of themes). The limit to 56 colours - and the changeable palette - is in a worksheet itself, not in a drawing (superimposed on a worksheet). So it seems we are not talking about exactly the same thing so could you give precise detail of what you are doing and the differences you are seeing in Word and in Excel. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hi. How would a user know that they have more access to colors in word versus excel. To me, the palettes look the same (something like 5 shades of 8 different colors) to choose from. If you don't mind, please explain. Thanks. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Yes, but in Excel (pre-2007 anyway) you don't have access to more than a 56-colour palette in any one workbook, whereas in Word (post-2000) you have 16 million colours all available at once. I think Powerpoint may be different again - but don't quote me on that. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Sure. Thank you for responding Tony.
In excel, under tools, options, color, you can literally change the existing palette colors. This is the same palette that appears in word. Standard colors: 5 in each column, 8 rows across. My question is: why can't I do the same in word? Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks again. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: My apologies - I just checked in Excel (2003) and colours in drawings work the same way as in Word (PowerPoint is slightly - but only slightly - different because of themes). The limit to 56 colours - and the changeable palette - is in a worksheet itself, not in a drawing (superimposed on a worksheet). So it seems we are not talking about exactly the same thing so could you give precise detail of what you are doing and the differences you are seeing in Word and in Excel. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hi. How would a user know that they have more access to colors in word versus excel. To me, the palettes look the same (something like 5 shades of 8 different colors) to choose from. If you don't mind, please explain. Thanks. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Yes, but in Excel (pre-2007 anyway) you don't have access to more than a 56-colour palette in any one workbook, whereas in Word (post-2000) you have 16 million colours all available at once. I think Powerpoint may be different again - but don't quote me on that. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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Color Palette change in Word 2003
Very interesting - I had not realised that.
Excel workbooks (up to and including Excel 2003) have a palette of 56 colours that can be used in the workbook. They have defaults but they can be changed to any 56 colours you want - but a maximum of 56 different colours can be used in any single workbook. Drawings in Excel have a basic palette of 40 colours which defaults to the first 40 of the 56-colour workbook palette. If you use one of the palette colours in a drawing it retains a link to the workbook palette and the colours in the drawing will change to reflect colours in the palette if the palette is changed. You have the option, however, to use any one of the full range of 16 million colours and if you do so, the link to the palette will be broken and the absolute colour will remain with the shape regardless of workbook palette changes. Word documents (Word 2000 and later) can use all 16 million different colours in a single document and do not have a palette. Drawings in Word have a basic palette of 40 colours just as Excel drawings do. The default palette is the same as the default Excel palette but there is no mechanism to change it or to attach it to a document palette because there is no such thing as a document palette. Whatever colours are used, whether directly from the drawing palette or from the full range of colours, they will act as those in Excel which are not attached to the workbook palette do. Powerpoint drawings (up to and including Powerpoint 2003) do not have a colour palette in the same way - the default colours available are related to the presentation colour scheme and will change if the colour scheme is changed, but you have the same option as in Word or Excel to explicitly use any of the full range of 16 million colours if you want to. Stating the bare facts more plainly: * Excel has a workbook palette you can change * Drawings in Excel default to using the workbook palette * Word is not restricted to a palette * Drawings in Word default to a fixed built-in palette * Powerpoint has colour schemes which you can select * Drawings in Powerpoint do not have a palette * Drawings in all applications can use the full range of 16M colours So the answer to your original question (which you suspected anyway) is that you can't change the palette in Word. Just so that you know, drawings in all three applications behave differently, with regard to colour, in Office 2007 with the introduction of Themes. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Sure. Thank you for responding Tony. In excel, under tools, options, color, you can literally change the existing palette colors. This is the same palette that appears in word. Standard colors: 5 in each column, 8 rows across. My question is: why can't I do the same in word? Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks again. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: My apologies - I just checked in Excel (2003) and colours in drawings work the same way as in Word (PowerPoint is slightly - but only slightly - different because of themes). The limit to 56 colours - and the changeable palette - is in a worksheet itself, not in a drawing (superimposed on a worksheet). So it seems we are not talking about exactly the same thing so could you give precise detail of what you are doing and the differences you are seeing in Word and in Excel. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hi. How would a user know that they have more access to colors in word versus excel. To me, the palettes look the same (something like 5 shades of 8 different colors) to choose from. If you don't mind, please explain. Thanks. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Yes, but in Excel (pre-2007 anyway) you don't have access to more than a 56-colour palette in any one workbook, whereas in Word (post-2000) you have 16 million colours all available at once. I think Powerpoint may be different again - but don't quote me on that. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Bummer. I thought that was the case although you can change the palette in both PPT and Excel. Maybe you wouldn't mind telling Microsoft to add that ability so that people can reach up to the colors they want without using styles. I appreciate your response. Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't believe there is any way to change the colours that are initially shown but you can always select More Fill Colors to get any colour you want. -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... Hello. A way to access (and understand) where the palette is would be by creating a box (drawing tool must be open) and clicking to choose a color. The entire palette will show if you click to choose a fill color. Do you understand what I'm seeking to change? Thank you. -- Bettina "Tony Jollans" wrote: Word doesn't have a colour palette. What are you trying to change amd/or where are you trying to use one or think you see one? -- Enjoy, Tony "Bettina" schreef in bericht ... How can I change the existing palette in word? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. -- Bettina |
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