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July 6, 2019
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Find/Change | Object | Won't change colour if in a group

  • July 6, 2019
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Hi. I wonder if anyone can help me.

I have a design (College Prospectus) where each section needs a different colour.

I have some coloured boxes in a group with some white text on top.

I want to change the coloured box.

If I go to

Find/Change | Object | Find Object Format | Fill

and choose the fill colour I want to change

then choose the what I want to change it to.

The change doesn't work.

If I ungroup the text from the box then it does work but I don't want to do this (many groups that would need regrouping again)

Thanks

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    Steve Werner
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    Steve WernerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2019

    I made a test with two copies: On each copy, the stacking order is:

         (top) Paper-colored text

         (middle) Blue filled circle

         (bottom) Red filled rectangle

    The only difference was that in the first (upper) copy, the circle and rectangle were grouped, and in the second (lower0 copy, they are not.

    Using the same search you used, grouping made no difference. Are you sure there is no other difference between those found and those which were not?

    R
    randomtask1Author
    Inspiring
    July 7, 2019

    Thank you for getting back to me.

    Well, this is interesting.

    I wonder if I have found a bug...

    I want to change the Yellow to Red:

    1. It works if you select Search | Document. I can't use that as it would change other 'yellows' in the document that I don't want to change.

    2. It doesn't work if you select Search | Selection

    Can you guys reproduce this?

    Michael Bullo
    Community Expert
    Michael BulloCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 7, 2019

    I just ran some tests and I'm getting the same as you. When "Selection" is chosen, an item within a group that is expected to be selected is not. Interesting.

    Michael Bullo
    Community Expert
    Michael BulloCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 6, 2019

    At the bottom of the Find/Change dialog box is a dropdown menu for Type and a series of buttons. Have you tried these?

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