Microsoft KB Archive/139943

= PUB: Publisher Hard to Use with High Contrast Black Color Scheme =

Article ID: 139943

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q139943



SYMPTOMS
If you use the Windows color scheme called High Contrast Black, Publisher will be difficult to use: some of the buttons will appear as solid black boxes, and anything on the status line will be invisible.



CAUSE
Publisher uses black for many screen elements, including the status line text and the arrows used to move back and forth between pages. When you change the Windows color scheme such that the Windows background is colored black, you can no longer see these elements.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

Method 1: Use ToolTips to find out what the button is. Most of the Publisher buttons have ToolTips (a label that appears over a button when you hold the insertion point over it). In many cases, the ToolTip will tell you what a button does if you can't see the markings on the button.

Method 2: You can also use the High Contrast White color scheme; you can see all the button faces with this color scheme.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The high contrast color schemes are designed to make Windows 95 easier to use for people who are blind who have low vision.

Additional query words: 3.0 pub3 w_mspub pub95 hi-contrast monochrome control panel blind pub97

Keywords: kbenv kbui kbprb KB139943

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