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Deleting named colors
To delete a named color right click on the color on the Color Line and choose Delete
.
Deleting unused colors
To clear the Color Line of unused colors, right click a Theme or Named color and choose Delete
. If the color is being used in the current document, Web Designer Premium displays a message that
allows you to cancel the deletion or use local colors instead.
However note that by default unused named colors are automatically deleted when a document is saved
or loaded. You can change this option in the View tab of the "Utilities" > "Options
" dialog.
Importing named colors
When a design is imported into the current document (e.g. import from the Designs Gallery
, import a XAR file or paste objects in from another design) if there are any named colors in the imported
design which have the same names but different color values as colors in the current design, an alert
appears as follows:
If you want the imported objects to inherit the colors of your current design, choose the "Match
" option. This makes all objects using a given named color use the existing instance of that color as it
appears in the current document.
Alternatively if you want the imported objects to keep their own independent colors, select the "Don't
Match
" option. This adds new named colors into your design, with a number appended to the color names to
distinguish them from the colors already in the current design. This allows the imported objects to keep
their original colors.
Note that if you import objects from lots of different designs and choose "Don't Match
" each time, you will end up with a large number of separate Named Colors on your color line.
The same prompt is shown if there are Text Style definition differences between the document and the
imported design. So seeing this prompt does not necessarily mean that there are different named color
definitions ? it could just be due to Text Style differences. See the Text Styles section of the Text
Handling chapter for details.
The match prompt above includes a "Don't ask me again
" checkbox. If you check this, the option you choose will be assumed for all future imports, without
asking you again. However this only applies during the current session, so after a program restart you will
be asked again on the next import if there is a color clash.
Using the Match
option means that you can choose a template, change its theme colors and then import more templates of
the same theme and the imported designs will immediately pick up your modified theme colors.
For example, import a red graphical button from the Designs Gallery, change its main theme color from
red to green, then import a red logo graphic of the same theme and choose the "Match"
option. When the logo appears in your design, instead of being red it will have picked up your chosen
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