WD97: Shading Changes Opening a Word 2000 Document

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 97, when you open a Microsoft Word 2000 document [or a Word 2000 document saved in "Rich Text Format (*.rtf)"] that contains shading, the shading does not appear as it does in Word 2000.

For example, if you have paragraphs shaded with 5 percent, 10 percent, or 12.5 percent gray shading in Word 2000, they appear unshaded (white) when the file is opened in Word 97.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because of the different ways that the two versions of Word handle color palettes. For example, Word 2000 supports 24-bit RGB color, but Word 97 supports 16-bit color and has a limit of 50 RGB colors.

This means that colors that are similar to each other in Word 2000 are translated (converted) to a single color in Word 97.

WORKAROUND

If you are sharing your documents with others who use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, try eliminating gradient fills and use solid background or fill colors.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table shows the pre-defined shading that is available in Microsoft Word 2000.

White	Gray - 5%	Gray - 10%	Gray - 12.5%	Gray 15%	Gray - 20%	Gray - 25%	Gray - 30%
Gray - 35%	Gray - 37.5%	Gray - 40%	Gray - 45%	Gray - 50%	Gray - 55%	Gray - 60%	Gray - 62.5%
Gray - 65%	Gray - 70%	Gray - 75%	Gray - 80%	Gray 85%	Gray - 87.5%	Gray - 90%	Gray - 95%
Black	Brown	Olive Green	Dark Green	Dark Teal	Dark Blue	Indigo	Gray - 80%
Dark Red	Orange	Dark Yellow	Green	Teal	Blue	Blue - Gray	Gray - 50%
Red	Light Orange	Lime	Sea Green	Aqua	Light Blue	Violet	Gray - 40%
Pink	Gold	Yellow	Bright Green	Turquoise	Sky Blue	Plum	Gray - 25%
Rose	Tan	Light Yellow	Light Green	Light Turquoise	Pale Blue	Lavender	White

The following table shows how the pre-defined shading in a Word 2000 document that was saved as either Word Document (*.doc) or Rich Text Format (*.rtf) converts when you open the document in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

White is retained as White	Gray - 5% converts to White	Gray - 10% converts to White	Gray - 12.5% converts to White	Gray 15% converts to Gray - 25%	Gray - 20% converts to Gray - 25%	Gray - 25% is retained as Gray - 25%	Gray - 30% converts to Gray - 25%
Gray - 35% converts to Gray - 25%	Gray - 37.5% converts to Gray - 25%	Gray - 40% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 45% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 50% is retained as Gray - 50%	Gray - 55% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 60% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 62.5% converts to Gray - 50%
Gray - 65% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 70% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 75% converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 80% converts to Black	Gray 85% converts to Black	Gray - 87.5% converts to Black	Gray - 90% converts to Black	Gray - 95% converts to Black
Black is retained as Black	Brown converts to Dark Red	Olive Green converts to Dark Yellow	Dark Green converts to Green	Dark Teal converts to Teal	Dark Blue is retained as Dark Blue	Indigo converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 80% converts to Black
Dark Red is retained as Dark Red	Orange converts to Red	Dark Yellow is retained as Dark Yellow	Green is retained as Green	Teal is retained as Teal	Blue is retained as Blue	Blue - Gray converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 50% is retained as Gray - 50%
Red is retained as Red	Light Orange converts to Yellow	Lime converts to Yellow	Sea Green converts to Bright Green	Aqua converts to Turquoise	Light Blue converts to Blue	Violet is retained as Violet	Gray - 40% converts to Gray - 50%
Pink is retained as Pink	Gold converts to Yellow	Yellow is retained as Yellow	Bright Green is retained as Bright Green	Turquoise is retained as Turquoise	Sky Blue converts to Turquoise	Plum converts to Pink	Gray - 25% is retained as Gray - 25%
Rose converts to Pink	Tan converts to Yellow	Light Yellow converts to Yellow	Light Green converts to Bright Green	Light Turquoise converts to Turquoise	Pale Blue converts to Turquoise	Lavender converts to Pink	White is retained as White

REFERENCES

For additional information about how Word 2000 font colors appear in Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q209679 WD97: Font Colors Change Opening a Word 2000 Document

Additional query words: white gray grey black shades grayscale greyscale 16-bit 16 bit 24 24-bit fill pattern shading

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb