Microsoft KB Archive/86480

PUB: Screen Elements Disappear with Certain Color Scheme

= PUB: Screen Elements Disappear with Certain Color Scheme =

Q86480
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.0a, 2.0, 2.0a - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0

SUMMARY

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All or part of some screen elements (such as tool buttons and page numbers) may disappear if you use certain predefined Windows color schemes or especially if you use a user-defined color scheme. You may notice that the face of a tool button is blank even though it functions normally. This behavior has been reproduced in Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft WordArt, but it can occur in any Windows application.

RESOLUTION

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If parts of your interface are missing, switch to the Windows Default color scheme to correct the problem. The other predefined color schemes will also work in most cases, except as noted below. The Windows color scheme is set in the Color tool in the Windows Control Panel.

If changing the Windows color scheme does not correct the problem, try changing your video display driver to the standard Windows VGA display driver (VGA.DRV). You do this in the Windows Setup program. If the tools look normal when you ue VGA.DRV, contact your video manufacturer and ask for an updated video display driver.

MORE INFORMATION

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In Microsoft Publisher, the page indicator in the lower left of the application window appears blank when using a Windows color scheme that sets the &quot;Window Text&quot; color to white. This is because Publisher's workspace area is always white, and ignores the settings in the Control Panel, causing a situation where you have white text on a white background. To resolve this problem, open Windows Control Panel, found in Program Manager's Main group, and select the Color option to change the color scheme to one which does not set the text color to white. Control Panel is.

The predefined Windows 3.1 color schemes that set &quot;Window Text&quot; to white are:

- Plasma Power Saver - LCD Reversed - Dark - Hotdog Stand

For more information on how to change the Windows video driver, follow this list of steps:

1. From the Main group in Windows, double click on the Windows Setup icon.

2. From the Help menu, select Search for Help On.

3. On the command line, type the words, &quot;change system settings&quot;, without the quotation marks, and click Show Topics.

4. Click Go To.

5. In the Help file, look for the topic &quot;To change your display, keyboard, or mouse&quot;, and follow the instructions.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.0 1.0a 1.00a 2.x 1.x 2.00 2.00a WM_OLE mspub 1.00a 2.00 2.00a 3.00 pub3