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Anonymous
February 6, 2015
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How to update color definitions in Framemaker?

  • February 6, 2015
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I am trying to update my color definitions in Framemaker 11, but I can't get my color pallet to display my new custom colors in the graphics toolbar. I've gotten this to work before. I followed the exact steps outlined here: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2012/10/managing-color-libraries-in-framemake.html

And while I'm at it, it would be nice to clean up the color choices available from the graphics bar - is there a way to do that?

Thanks for any tips!

Cheers

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fernaldj
Participant
July 26, 2017

I had this same error in a couple of chapters in a Frame 2015 document. I went into the offending chapters and deleted the inconsistent color code. Fixed it straight away.

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
February 6, 2015

If the colours are properly defined and stored in the Color Catalog, then these should appear at the end of the list (as shown below) when they are popped up from the Graphics Palette. Check your View > Color > Definitions... list as this should exactly mirror what's shown in the graphics palette.

FM will always have the first 16 colours displayed in the above lists - these are untouchable defaults. To remove colors, use the Color Definitions window to select the colour and then hit the delete button.

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Anonymous
February 12, 2015

In most of my files, what you described works. But in one file, it does not. Even after I try to import the color definitions from another file, I have no control over the color definitions in that particular file. Maybe there's some sort of workaround to get it update the color definitions?

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
February 12, 2015

If you have imported content (i.e. a graphic or a text inset) in that file, then that may have a colour used that isn't in the current catalog. FM notices this and always automatically adds it to the colour catalog (whether you want it or not). Sometimes you just have to let things be...

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