Hi All,
Regarding how to get custom colors.
I've been doing this for ages for my conditional texts. I'm always looking for
more screen-friendly colors.
I assume you need to create or import colors that you don't already have into
your file.
To create new colors:
Go to View>Color>Definitions (this Menu item should be the same regardless of
what FM version you're using).
Play with the box to see what it does, but it's here that you define new colors.
1. Define a new color name (say, Product A)
2. Define its color using:
- RGB, CMYK, or HLS numbers
or
- pick one from an existing Color Library (see button on right of Color
window)
3. The color should now be available in from the
para(CNTL-m)/font(CNTL-d)/table dialog(CNTL-t). etc. boxes - Color option.
Note re Tables: Shading uses these colors. For Table lines - you need to define
table rules in a different place.
These options allow you to do things like rename the red color to, say,
*Internal* (i.e. create a new color), and other cool things...
Red, of course remains a red color, just now you'll be able to change the
*Internal* color to another color if such a need should arise.
=====
Another cool FM thing - FM colors can be defined to belong to something like a
set of colors called a *Color View*.
You can use color views to hide things (usually a graphic item), such as a
watermark, just by changing the Color View.
I learnt this from Shlomo Peretz, and expanded upon it for my own purposes to
hide (conditionalize) a table column (before Adobe introduced the feature -
until a few versions ago you could only conditionalize rows.)
There must be other cool things to do with this...
To view existing colors:
1. Go to View>Color>Views
This opens a Color View window with options for up to 6 different Color
Views.
The 3 sub windows are used to define the colors as Normal, Cutout, or,
Invisible. I don't use Cutout - just Normal (where the color shows) or
Invisible - where the color is hidden in the file. (Mind you, if you use a word
with that color, then the word is invisible, but the space it takes up remains
as is.).
2. Click on a color name to move it between the windows.
Hint: Hitting Shift from your keyboard along with one of the small arrows
(right/left) of the Color View window, will cause all the colors to move
between the windows.
3. Click Set.
This window is used to set which Color View you use for your current document.
This definition can be imported via Color Defs (from Import Formats option).
It's useful when creating a template file with all the defs you need for say
online outp0ut vs PDF outputs, etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <[email protected]> On
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 23:02
To: [email protected]
Subject: Framers Digest, Vol 201, Issue 7
Today's Topics:
1. Variable Preferences - custome colurs available?
(Sue Thomson (Specialist RF))
2. Re: Variable Preferences - custome colurs available?
([email protected])
3. Re: Variable Preferences - custome colurs available?
(Tammy Van Boening)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:44:51 +0000
From: "Sue Thomson (Specialist RF)" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Framers] Variable Preferences - custome colurs available?
Hi folks
I am using the new feature for highlighting variables but I would like to
define custom colours because the options provided obscure the content of the
variable. Does anyone know of a way to add custom colours (or reduce the
opacity) to the list?
Sue
Sue Thomson MISTC
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