Thanks Brian
I didn't realise that I needed to Edit and then ADD - use two of the
facilities - but that makes sense.
many thanks, Jmaes
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From: "Brian Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "James Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [users] defining colors.?
At 11:00 28/11/2007 +0900, James Elliott wrote:
Most of the OOo colors are fairly bold colors and I would like to add some
pale pastel colours to the selection so that I can use them as background
for differing columns in financial spreadsheets.
I have been to:
Tools > Options > Openoffice.org > Colors
and have tried ADDing a color; MODIFYing a color; and EDITin a color,
but none of them work. I can successfully alter the definition of the
color so that it is the shade I want, but when I go back to my spreadsheet
to use that color, it has reverted to its original darker shade.
Obviously, I am doing something wrong.
How do I
1. take a color, like Magenta 5, for example;
2. make it much paler than it is by adjusting the RGB components (I know
how to do this);
3. give it a new name, like "PaleMagenta";
4. and save it for future use?.
You've tried adding, modifying, and editing, but none work? That's
because you need two of these!
o Go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org | Colors.
o Select your Magenta 5.
o Press Edit... .
o Adjust the colour properties as you wish. The new colour appears lower
right.
o Choose OK.
o Enter your desire name "Pale Magenta" in the Name field.
o Press Add.
o Your new colour now appears at the end of the colour table.
If you prefer, without entering a new name, you could press Modify instead
of Add, in which case your new shade would replace the existing Magenta 5
and assume its name.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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