Working with Graphics in PageMaker – Creating a Color Library
Creating a Color Library
The Color Library is a custom set of colors that you create. You may want to create a Color Library for specific projects or simply to maintain and quickly access the colors you use most frequently. This document contains sections on the following topics:
Creating a Color Library
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Create or open a publication
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To view the current Color palette, from the Window menu, select Show Colors
The Color Palette appears. -
OPTIONAL: Modify the Color listing to display the colors you want in your library by adding, deleting, or duplicating colors by accessing the Color palette from the right arrow button
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From the Utilities menu, select Plug-Ins ยป Create Color Library…
The Create Color Library dialog box appears. -
In the Library name text box, type the desired name
NOTE: The name that you choose will appear on the Library menu in the New Color dialog box. -
In the File name text box, type the desired filename
NOTE: PageMaker automatically appends the filename with the .BCF (binary color file) extension -
OPTIONAL: In the Preferences section of the dialog box, adjust the Colors per column and Colors per row numbers (up to 10×10)
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OPTIONAL: In the Notes text box, add notes that will appear when someone clicks the ABOUT button in the Library dialog box
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Click SAVE
NOTE: All color files must reside in the Color folder, which is inside the Language folder; the default saves in the correct location.
Viewing or Using a Color Library
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To open the Color palette if it is not already open, from the Window menu, select Show Colors
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At the bottom of the Color palette, click the NEW COLOR button
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Choose New Color from the Color palette menu
The Color Options dialog box appears. -
Select a color library name from the Libraries pull-down menu
The selected color library appears in the Color Picker dialog box. -
OPTIONAL: Click ABOUT… to see any notes written by the author of that color library
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To accept the selected color library, click OK
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