FP: Custom Color Palette Reset After Editor Session (161848)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.0a
  • Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
This article was previously published under Q161848

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194267.

SYMPTOMS

When you add a custom color in the Color dialog box in FrontPage Editor, the color is not available the next time you open a page in FrontPage Editor. (To locate the Color dialog box, click the Text Color button on the Format toolbar.)

CAUSE

The custom color is not retained from one FrontPage Editor session to the next.

RESOLUTION

You can apply the color within the same FrontPage Editor session by following these steps:

  1. In FrontPage Editor, open a page that uses the custom color.
  2. Select the item on the page that uses the custom color.
  3. Click the Text Color button on the Format toolbar.
  4. In the Color dialog box, click Define Custom Colors.
  5. Click Add to Custom Colors.
  6. Click OK.
To use the custom color, follow these steps:

  1. Select the text you want to change.
  2. Click the Text Color button on the Format toolbar.
  3. In the Color dialog box, under Custom Colors, click the color you want to use, and then click OK.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/13/2003
Keywords:kbgraphic kbprb kbusage KB161848
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