John Varela wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:22 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > >> John Varela wrote: >>> OpenOffice 2.04 for Mac: >>> >>> The setting of Format/Format Cells/Font Effects/Font color is ignored. >> John: >> >> I'm using the Intel version and the font color is sticking. I used red >> and turquoise. >> >> Also, I am a volunteer and thus cannot provide one-on-one assistance. >> However, I would like to know what you are doing that this does not work >> on your system. Please provide the following details: >> >> Version of Mac OS X, platform (Power PC or Intel (the newer Macs are >> Intel based and have a name such as Solo or Duo, the Power PCs are >> G3/G4/G5), and if you have recently upgraded the X11 program. > > Intel Mac, OS 10.4.8, OOo 2.04, and no, I saw a note on the mailing > list about the latest X11 so refrained from upgrading. > > What I am doing that does not work is selecting a spreadsheet cell, > then either clicking the font color icon on the tool bar or drilling > down through the menus to change font color. The color of the > characters in the cell does not change. Cells that were in colored > fonts when I was running 2.01 are no longer colored in 2.04. All > cells are displayed black on both the screen and in page preview. > > Similarly, number formats that call for negative numbers to be red are > not displayed as red on either the screen nor the page preview, though > this worked in 1.0, 1.1, and 2.01. They do, however, print red. So > maybe fonts colored in the cell format would print in color, but I > haven't chosen to waste the paper and ink to find out. > > Lastly, I have some conditional formatting that calls for coloring the > font, coloring the cell border, or coloring the background, > depending. Cell border and background colors do change, but font > color does not. Again, I haven't tested printing. And again, this > worked in earlier versions of OOo. John:
Check your X11 settings to insure that they are set to display millions. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
