Hi, Brian.
On 2008-08-25 00:33 Brian Barker wrote:
At 19:54 24/08/2008 -0400, Eustace Noname wrote:
In my computer I use white text on blue background. When I open Help,
the page contains a white rectangular box with white letters which are
unreadable. If I highlight the text, everything is black. To read what
is inside the rectangle I have to either change the system's colors or
to copy it and paste it a new document, where I can change the color
of the font and read it.
Has this bug been reported, and if not, how do I go about reporting it?
It goes without saying that they should have specified both background
and foreground color in the Help rectangles, or have not specified a
background color at all and have it stand out with a border.
How are you setting white-on-blue? If I select blue at Tools |
Options... | OpenOffice.org | Appearance | Custom colors | Document
background, the text colour automatically becomes white even with "Font
color" still set to Automatic. The only problem with the help text is
then that the links, being blue, disappear into the blue background.
You may be doing something slightly different, but these suggestions may
nevertheless help.
In Windows XP I set white-on-blue by right-clicking on the desktop >
Properties > Appearance > Advanced > Item: Window : the background is
Color 1 and the foreground is Color 2.
o Try using a different shade of blue, e.g. "Blue 4" for the background
- and then setting "Font color" to White.
I haven't changed any of the OpenOffice.org | Appearance | Custom
colors | Document background colors. All are set to Automatic. (I have
only unchecked the Text boundaries which I didn't like.)
o The help text display is controlled by the HTML Document display
settings. Go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org Writer/Web |
Background, and choose a different background colour there - possibly a
different blue or just white. (This is the setting you have been
looking for, I think.)
When I tried the change the HTML Document display settings as you
suggest, I could change the background of the Help but *not* the
background of the rectangular box (table) which always remains white.
o (Simplest of all) Go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice.org |
Accessibility | Options for high contrast appearance, and put a tick by
"Use automatic font color for screen display". You will still see
white-on-blue in your documents, but the help text should be visible.
That also does not change the background of the table.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
If you have Windows XP (I suspect Vista also) right-click on the desktop
> Properties > Appearance > Advanced > Item: Window, and reverse Color
1 and Color 2.
Open
http://www.geocities.com/itaintme_babe/temporary/OOHelp.jpg
to see what I see over here. Is there any way to correct _that_? (Though
I would prefer if I didn't have to correct it by manipulating the
OOWriter colors, since occasionally I do use "regular" colors.) I really
wouldn't mind what colors they use in Help, as long as it is readable.
Thanks,
Eustace
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