Quincy Center for Technical Education
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Using Color Schemes in MS-Publisher 2000

What is a color scheme?
    A color scheme is a defined set of colors that is associated with a publication. Every Publisher publication has a color scheme. You can choose from a wide variety of standard color schemes, or design your own custom scheme. Color schemes make it easy to change all the colors in a publication to give it a new look.
    A standard color scheme is one that comes with Publisher. When you create a publication from scratch, a standard color scheme is applied to it.
    A custom color scheme is one you create yourself. If none of the standard color schemes work well with your publication, create a custom color scheme that does. You can save your custom color schemes for future use.
    If you open a publication from a previous version of Publisher, a custom color scheme is created from the colors in the publication. If you want, you can save the new custom color scheme for future use.
Choose another color scheme A color scheme is a defined set of colors that is associated with a publication. Every Publisher publication has a color scheme by default.

  1. On the Format menu, click Color Scheme.
  2. Under Available Schemes, click a color scheme.
  3. Click OK. All objects in your publication that were filled with scheme colors are now filled with colors in the new color scheme.
Create a custom color scheme
    You can create custom color schemes in addition to the standard color schemes that are available with Publisher. You can also save custom color schemes for use in future publications.

  1. On the Format menu, click Color Scheme.
  2. Click the Custom tab.
  3. Under New for each color to be changed, click the arrow and then click the color or type of color you want. To see more color choices, click More Colors, and then choose the options you want. -Or- To use a shade or tint, click Fill Effects, and then choose the options you want.
  4. Click OK to apply your custom color scheme. -Or- Click Save Scheme and type a name for your color scheme, and then click OK twice. All objects in your publication that were filled with scheme colors are now filled with the colors in your custom color scheme. Your custom color scheme is now available and listed alphabetically in the Available schemes box on the Standard tab of the Color Scheme dialog box. The set of scheme colors for your custom color scheme also appears under Scheme Colors when you click Fill Color on the Formatting toolbar.
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Add a tint or shade to a color scheme
  1. On the Format menu, click Color Scheme.
  2. Click the Custom tab.
  3. Under New, click the arrow for the color you want to change.
  4. Click Fill Effects.
  5. Click a tint or shade.
  6. Click OK.
    The tint or shade is now one of the colors in your custom color scheme.
Add a color scheme to a personal information set

  1. On the Edit menu, click Personal Information.
  2. Under Choose a personal information set to edit, click the personal information set you want to change.
  3. Under Color scheme, click the Include color scheme in this set check box to add a check mark.
  4. To choose a color scheme for print publications, under For print publications, click the arrow and then click a color scheme.
  5. To choose a color scheme for Web publications, under For Web publications, click the arrow and then click a color scheme.
  6. Click Update.
    The color scheme is applied to the current publication, and is now part of the currently selected personal information set. It will be applied to any future publication associated with this personal information set.
    When you click Update, all personal information components in your publication are updated from the selected personal information set. If you change the content of one or more personal information components directly in your publication, and then click Update, you will overwrite the changes you made to your publication. Use one color scheme in several publications

    With the personal information feature, you can automatically apply a color scheme when you create publications for your business, organization, or for personal use.

  • Add a color scheme to a personal information set.
  • To apply the color scheme to a publication, associate the personal information set with that publication.