Colors Change Briefly When Inserting Object in WordPad

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a graphic image or video clip into WordPad, the colors on the screen may change briefly and then return to normal.

CAUSE

The color change occurs because WordPad changes the color palette so that it can display the colors in the graphic image or video clip. This behavior occurs only with a color setting of 256 or fewer colors.

RESOLUTION

To prevent the brief color change, increase the number of colors in the color palette. To do so, change the Color Palette setting on the Settings tab in Display properties to High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit). These settings produce 65,000 or 16.8 million colors, respectively. Before changing the Color Palette setting, make sure your display adapter and monitor are capable of displaying more than 256 colors.

To change the Color Palette setting, follow these steps:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Display.

2. Click the Settings tab.

3. In the Color Palette box, click the setting you want.

4. Click OK.

5. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.