WD97: Font Colors Change Opening a Word 2000 Document
ID: Q209679
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
When you use Word 97 to open a Microsoft Word 2000 document [or a version of the document that has been saved in Rich Text Format (*.rtf)] that contains different font colors, the font colors do not appear as expected.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because of the different way that each program handles color palettes. Word 2000 supports 24-bit RGB color, but Word 97 supports 16-bit color and has a limit of 50 RGB colors. Thus, colors that are similar to each other in Word 2000 are translated to a single color in Word 97.
For example, the font color Dark Green is translated to Green when a Word 2000 document is opened in Word 97. However, when a Rich Text Format version of the same Word 2000 document is opened in Word 97, the Dark Green font color is translated to Black.
WORKAROUND
If you are sharing your documents with Word 97 users, try using primary colors.
MORE INFORMATION
When you use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows to open a Word 2000 document that contains text formatted with different font colors, the font colors may change unexpectedly, as shown in the following table.
NOTE: The shading in some cells of the table was added so that the font colors could be more easily displayed.
Black retained
as Black
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Brown
converts to Dark Red
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Olive
Green converts to Dark Yellow
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Dark
Green converts to Green
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Dark
Teal converts to Teal
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Dark
Blue retained as Dark Blue
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Indigo
converts to Gray - 50%
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Gray - 80%
converts to Black
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Dark
Red retained as Dark Red
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Orange
converts to Red
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Dark
Yellow retained as Dark Yellow
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Green
retained as Green
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Teal
retained as Teal
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Blue
retained as Blue
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Blue
- Gray converts to Gray - 50%
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Gray
- 50% retained as Gray - 50%
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Red
retained as Red
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Light
Orange converts to Yellow
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Lime
converts to Yellow
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Sea
Green converts to Bright Green
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Aqua
converts to Turquoise
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Light
Blue converts to Blue
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Violet
retained as Violet
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Gray
- 40% converts to Gray 50%
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Pink
retained as Pink
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Gold
converts to Yellow
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Yellow
retained as Yellow
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Bright
Green retained as Bright Green
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Turquoise
retained as Turquoise
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Sky
Blue converts to Turquoise
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Plum
converts to Pink
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Gray
- 25% retained as Gray - 25%
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Rose
converts to Pink
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Tan
converts to Yellow
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Light
Yellow converts to Yellow
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Light
Green converts to Bright Green
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Light
Turquoise converts to Turquoise
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Pale
Blue converts to Turquoise
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Lavender
converts to Pink
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White
retained as White
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When you use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows to open a Word 2000 document saved as Rich Text Format (*.rtf) and containing text formatted with different font colors, the font colors may change unexpectedly, as shown in the following table.
NOTE: The shading in some cells of the table was added so the font colors could be more easily displayed.
Black retained as
Black
|
Brown
converts to Dark Red
|
Olive Green
converts to Black
|
Dark Green
converts to Black
|
Dark
Teal converts to Dark Blue
|
Dark
Blue retained as Dark Blue
|
Indigo
converts to Dark Blue
|
Gray - 80%
converts to Black
|
Dark
Red retained as Dark Red
|
Orange
converts to Red
|
Dark
Yellow retained as Dark Yellow
|
Green
retained as Green
|
Teal
retained as Teal
|
Blue
retained as Blue
|
Blue -
Gray converts to Gray - 50%
|
Gray -
50% retained as Gray - 50%
|
Red retained
as Red
|
Light
Orange converts to Yellow
|
Lime
converts to Dark Yellow
|
Sea
Green converts to Teal
|
Aqua
converts to Turquoise
|
Light
Blue converts to Blue
|
Violet
retained as Violet
|
Gray -
40% converts to Gray - 50%
|
Pink
retained as Pink
|
Gold
converts to Yellow
|
Yellow
retained as Yellow
|
Bright
Green retained as Bright Green
|
Turquoise
retained as Turquoise
|
Sky
Blue converts to Turquoise
|
Plum
converts to Violet
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Gray
- 25% retains Gray - 25%
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Rose converts
to Gray - 25%
|
Tan
converts to Gray - 25%
|
Light
Yellow converts to Gray - 25%
|
Light
Green converts to Gray - 25%
|
Light
Turquoise converts to White
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Pale
Blue converts to Gray - 25%
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Lavender
converts to Gray - 25%
|
White
retained as White
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REFERENCES
For additional information about how Word 2000 shading properties appear in Word 97, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q209677 WD97: Shading Changes Opening a Word 2000 Document
For additional information about font colors in Word 2000, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q224776 WD2000: How to Find and Replace Font Color Formatting
Additional query words:
white gray grey black shades grayscale greyscale 16-bit 16 bit 24 24-bit fill pattern shading
Keywords : word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb