OFF98: Custom Fill Color Preview Is Not Changed

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you click a color on the Custom tab in the Colors dialog box to change the color of a drawing object, the default (white) preview continues to appear instead of a preview that displays the color you clicked.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you change the custom color for a drawing object but do not change the default luminosity value, or shade.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, follow these steps:

1. Click the drawing object to select it.

2. If the Drawing toolbar is not visible, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Drawing.

3. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Fill Color arrow, and then click More Fill Colors.

4. Click the Custom tab.

5. Click the color on the color palette that you want to use. Move the luminosity (shading) slider that is to the right of the color palette to the shade you want. Notice that the color preview box contains a preview of the color you selected.

       NOTE: You can also adjust the luminosity by clicking the arrow next to
       the Lum box below the color palette. Changing the number in the Lum box
       to a lower value causes the color to appear darker. A higher number
       causes the color to appear lighter.
   

       You can also control the color by changing the values of the Red,
       Green, and Blue boxes that are below the color palette.
   

6. After you select the color you want, click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

When you select a drawing object, click the Fill Color arrow on the Drawing toolbar, and then click the Custom tab, you can change the color by using the color palette or the luminosity slider.

Color Palette

The color palette changes the color. You can select different colors by clicking different locations on the color palette.

Luminosity Slider

This control changes how dark or light the selected color appears. As you move the slider up or down, the shade moves from white to black.

REFERENCES

For more information about filling drawing objects, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   drawing objects, fills