Microsoft KB Archive/136424

= PUB: Single-Color Graphics May Recolor Lighter Than Expected =

Article ID: 136424

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 Q136424



SYMPTOMS
If you recolor a picture that has only one color in it, the result may be lighter than you expect. For example, if you have a graphic that is light yellow, and you try to recolor it to black, the graphic will turn gray.



CAUSE
When you recolor a picture, Publisher converts the image to grayscale and then maps that grayscale onto the color that you choose. If your single- color picture is not black to begin with, it is converted to a shade of gray; that gray is in turn converted to a tint of the color you want.



RESOLUTION
You can use Microsoft Draw to change the color of a single-color image to black. You can then recolor it with expected results.
 * 1) In Publisher, select the picture. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Object. On the list of object types, click Microsoft Drawing 1.01.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste. Your picture will appear in Microsoft Draw.
 * 4) On the Fill palette at the bottom of the screen, click the black color swatch. The fill color of your graphic will change to black.
 * 5) On the File menu, click Update. On the File menu, click Exit And Return.

The picture will appear in your publication with an all-black fill and can now be recolored.

NOTE: This procedure works only with vector-based images such as .cgm (Computer Graphics Metafile) or .wmf (Windows Metafile) graphics. It does not work with bitmap or paint-type images such as .tif (Tagged Image File Format) or .bmp (Windows Bitmap) graphics. However, it is extremely rare to find single-color, bitmap-type graphics that aren't black.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: pub3 pub95 w_mspub mspub TIFF PCX GIFF WMF HGL lighter watermark pub97 recolor

Keywords: kbbug kbui kbgraphic kbusage KB136424

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