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Inspiring
June 20, 2022
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A way to quickly replace colors in FM?

  • June 20, 2022
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I have a document which currently uses a Pantone green for a variety of paragraph styles, and I need to make the entire document black and white. I can delete the Pantone color in the color definitions, and replace each instance with black, but some of the colors like Magenta can't be deleted or edited.Is there a way to quickly find each instance of magenta and replace it with black, or do I need to go through and change them all manually?

Also, these magenta instances are all table heads (or first row at the head of each column, I suppose) and the magenta is the shading behind the text, not the text itself. I can't seem to find where that color is defined.  

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    Correct answer frameexpert

    You can define table colors in the Table > Custom Ruling and Shading dialog box.

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    frameexpert
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    Community Expert
    June 20, 2022

    There are certain reserved colors in FrameMaker that can't be deleted.

    Bob_Niland
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    Community Expert
    June 20, 2022

    re: …certain reserved colors in FrameMaker that can't be deleted.
    Interestingly, they can be partially edited, but not for actual color values, so they can't be modified to ≡RGB or 000𝑥CMYK

    frameexpert
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    frameexpertCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 20, 2022

    You can define table colors in the Table > Custom Ruling and Shading dialog box.

    Inspiring
    June 20, 2022

    Thanks!