mbrad...@techpubs.com wrote: > I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then > imported into FM more recently. > > In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the > color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in the FM > files, but we can't delete them from the files' color catalogs, either. > The colors are listed in the Color Definitions window and in the > Character Designer window. They are labeled "RGB <RGB_number>", such as > RGB 177,197,218. The usual FM procedure for deleting colors simply > doesn't work; nor did Toolbox (it threw errors -17 and 12). > > It appears that the Word colors are embedded in the FM files in a unique > way that prevents them from being deleted. Any ideas on how we can > delete them?
Those colors don't come from Word as such, they come from 256-color PNG graphics files. Each color defined in the palette is named according to its RGB values, and each palette-based graphic can add up to 256 such colors to your FM file. The solution is to open the PNGs in an appropriate graphics app and save them as 24-bit color (16.7 million colors) instead of palette-based (256 colors). The size increase is surprisingly small. It's been a while since I had that issue (and Word wasn't implicated in any way), so I don't recall whether, once the offending graphics are gone, the colors disappear after saving or whether some other step (MIF-wash, maybe) was necessary. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
