FP98: Custom Color Palette Reset After Editor Session

ID: Q194267

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you add a custom color in the Color dialog box in the FrontPage Editor, the color is not available the next time you open a page in the 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

To apply the color within the same FrontPage Editor session, follow these steps:

1. In the 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.

Keywords          : fpedit 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999