Microsoft KB Archive/139927

Mac Works 4.0: Online Reference Changes Monitor Colors

PSS ID Number: Q139927 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.00 4.00a 4.00b

MACINTOSH

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= SYMPTOMS =

After you play one of the Overviews or Demonstrations in the Online Reference, the color settings on the monitor may change. The screen may look unusual or distorted while the animation is playing. Additionally, faded colors such as pink may be displayed on the screen.

= RESOLUTION =

To reset your monitor’s color setting, do the following:


 * 1) On the Apple menu, click Control Panels, and then open Monitors.
 * 2) In the Monitor dialog box, change the color setting back to the setting you had prior to playing the Overview.

= MORE INFORMATION =

In order to play the Overview correctly, Works sets your monitor to a 16- color setting. If you quit while the animation is playing, your monitor remains in a 16-color mode. Also, if you allow the Overview to run through to completion, your monitor may be reset to a 256-color setting. This may make you monitor’s colors look unusual if they were previously set to a different setting.

Additionally, some Macintosh computers do not allow for a 16-color setting. Although the Overviews can play on these machines, the colors are distorted. These machines include the following:


 * Power Macintosh 7200
 * Power Macintosh 7500
 * Power Macintosh 8500
 * Power Macintosh 9500

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Works version 4.0 for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbusage kbgraphic kbdisplay kbprb KBSubcategory: macworkskb

Additional reference words: 4.00, 4.00a, 4.00b mac m_works

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