Microsoft KB Archive/133444

Cannot Recolor Word 6.0 or 6.0.1 Table with Shading

PSS ID Number: Q133444 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0,6.0,6.01

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When attempting to recolor a Word 6.0 or 6.0.1 table in PowerPoint 4.0, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Sorry, PowerPoint is unable to recolor this picture because it has no colors and no fills (possibly because of PostScript in the Picture).

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Sorry, you cannot recolor a 24-Bit Color Picture.

= CAUSE =

Word tables achieve shades of black (10 percent black, 20 percent black, and so forth) through embedded PostScript commands. PowerPoint cannot recolor objects that contain embedded PostScript.

Shades of colors besides black are achieved without using embedded PostScript, so if your table contains, for example, only shades of cyan, you will be able to recolor it.

= WORKAROUNDS =

There are several ways to work around this issue:

Method 1: Remove the shading from the table.

Method 2: Change the black shading in the table to shading of another color, such as dark gray.

Method 3: If you have Word 5.1a, save the document that contains the table as a Word 5.1 document, then open it in Word 5.1 and copy the table and paste it into PowerPoint. This table can be recolored.

Method 4: You can convert the table to a PowerPoint picture and then recolor it:

a. Select the table and click Ungroup on the Draw menu. You will see the following message:

This is an imported object, not a group. Converting it to PowerPoint objects will permanently discard any embedded data it may contain. Convert to           PowerPoint objects?

b. Click OK. You will now see the following message:

This picture contains some PostScript, which will be lost. Convert anyway?

c. Click OK. d. On the Edit menu, click Cut. e. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. f. In the Paste Special dialog box, click Picture.

You will now have a picture of the table that you can recolor. Additional query words: 4.00 6.00 6.0.1 fill patterns macppt macword kbole word6 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,6.0,6.01 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.