Adding custom colors to Word template?

[Mike Starr]

The thing to do is not to worry so much about adding a custom color 
permanantly to the palette (although I think it can be done fairly readily), 
but formatting paragraph styles, character styles and table styles with the 
appropriate custom color.

I've done any number of templates where I based the color of heading styles 
and character styles on a custom color that tied directly to the corporate 
color standards. Once the styles are defined, you never have to muck about 
with the color palette.

I haven't tinkered with table styles yet... it's a back-burner concept 
that's something I'd like to learn but as with most things, I learn them as 
needed.

I'll try to look at adding a custom color to the palette today at the office 
and follow up later.

Otherwise, feel free to contact me offlist for more information. I think I 
feel an article coming on but work always takes precedence.

Mike
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----- Original Message ----- 
Message: 18
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:39:45 -0400
From: "Robotti, Anne \(Carlin\)" <ARobotti at CarlinGroup.com>
Subject: Adding custom colors to Word template?

Hi all,

I searched the archives for this, but didn't see anything that related
to my specific situation.

I'm trying to tie my technical manuals into a branding initiative at my
company.

As one part of doing so, I want to change various things (table header
shading, link colors, various graphic elements) to a color that ties in
with the company logo.

I'm working in Word 2003 on Windows XP, and I can't figure out how to
add a custom color to the color palette. I've really only ever worked in
FrameMaker, but the options don't seem to be in the same place. Also, I
would like to be able to control the transparency of the color in the
table cells.

Follow-up question:

I've never done a manual in Word before, and I find that I'm continually
being tripped up by this kind of stupid thing. I finally just wrote a
macro to change my link colors, but I can't write a macro every time I
want to change the color of something. What's the best resource for
basic help with Word?

Thanks for any help,

Anne Robotti