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Old November 5th, 2009, 10:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Nancy
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Default html color code

Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And from what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy


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Old November 5th, 2009, 10:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Mary Sauer[_3_]
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Default html color code

Use a color picker. This utility is small and easy to use: Free too
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

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"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And from what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy




  #3  
Old November 6th, 2009, 02:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
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Default html color code

because Pub is not really a web design tool.
use the program that Mary recommends and you can figure it out from there to
RGB...not ideal but then again...well, I won't say it again.



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Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And from
what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy



  #4  
Old November 6th, 2009, 06:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Nancy
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Default html color code

Thanks Rob. It still just seems so odd as many programs that are not for web
design have that option. I'll try to find the post by Mary... and see if I
can find what your talking about.

Thanks again for your input!
Nancy


"Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:

because Pub is not really a web design tool.
use the program that Mary recommends and you can figure it out from there to
RGB...not ideal but then again...well, I won't say it again.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And from
what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy



  #5  
Old November 6th, 2009, 06:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Nancy
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Default Color picker utility

Oh I see now. I already us a color picker utility. The problem was not
getting the code within publisher. I was inserting it. Whenver I want to put
in an exact color for border, fill, font etc I have to 1. open the color box,
2. click on the second tab, 3. insert the RBG numbers one by one. Pretty slow
and antiquated. Just need the single html box to paste my number in. Boy
would that be awesome!

Thanks all!
Nancy


"Nancy" wrote:

Thanks Rob. It still just seems so odd as many programs that are not for web
design have that option. I'll try to find the post by Mary... and see if I
can find what your talking about.

Thanks again for your input!
Nancy


"Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:

because Pub is not really a web design tool.
use the program that Mary recommends and you can figure it out from there to
RGB...not ideal but then again...well, I won't say it again.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And from
what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy



  #6  
Old November 8th, 2009, 02:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
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Default Color picker utility

then use a real html editor and learn CSS to apply styles.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Oh I see now. I already us a color picker utility. The problem was not
getting the code within publisher. I was inserting it. Whenver I want to
put
in an exact color for border, fill, font etc I have to 1. open the color
box,
2. click on the second tab, 3. insert the RBG numbers one by one. Pretty
slow
and antiquated. Just need the single html box to paste my number in. Boy
would that be awesome!

Thanks all!
Nancy


"Nancy" wrote:

Thanks Rob. It still just seems so odd as many programs that are not for
web
design have that option. I'll try to find the post by Mary... and see if
I
can find what your talking about.

Thanks again for your input!
Nancy


"Rob Giordano [MS MVP]" wrote:

because Pub is not really a web design tool.
use the program that Mary recommends and you can figure it out from
there to
RGB...not ideal but then again...well, I won't say it again.



--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Nancy" wrote in message
...
Why oh why is there not an option to paste in html color code number
when
changing colors on anything??? Only R,G,B. I find that unreal. And
from
what
I'm told the new publisher doesn't do it either. I assume there is no
work
around for this correct?

Thanks!
Nancy




  #7  
Old November 8th, 2009, 10:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Ed Bennett
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Default Color picker utility

Nancy wrote:
3. insert the RBG numbers one by one.


Using the Tab key to move from box to box speeds it up slightly.

I've only ever seen this option in graphics programs, where it is
presumably for taking a colour and putting it into a web page elsewhere,
and in web design tools.

I agree that a nicer way to manage colours would be useful, but I don't
think adding a HTML Colour Code box would be the ideal solution there.

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org
 




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