Microsoft KB Archive/178578

= PUB98: "Cannot Recolor Object"; Spot Color Problem with EPS =

Article ID: 178578

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178578



SYMPTOMS
If you try to recolor an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) image, you will receive the following message:

Cannot recolor object.

Publisher cannot recolor objects that are Postscript files or compressed images.

This can cause a problem if you want to print your publication using spot color and you want your EPS image to print in a spot color.



CAUSE
While Publisher can import EPS information, it cannot directly edit that information. Publisher stores the EPS information until it is time to print it.



RESOLUTION
When you print spot color, what you really get is a separate black and white sheet for each color of ink you want to use on your page. You use these sheets to create printing plates. You can print each plate using whatever color of ink you want.

For example, you have a page that contains a text box and an EPS image. You want the text to print in black and the EPS image to print in blue.
 * 1) Recolor the text to blue.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Outside Printer Setup.
 * 3) Choose Blue as the spot color.
 * 4) Print the page.

What you will get is the following:
 * A sheet labeled "Spot Color 1" that has the text on it.
 * A sheet labeled "Black" that has the EPS image on it.

When you deliver this job to your printing service, tell them to print the Spot Color 1 plate in black ink and the Black plate in blue ink.



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

Additional query words: pub98 w_mspub color separation separations mspub recolor object spot

Keywords: kbprb KB178578

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