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Note: Black overprintcanbeenabledfortextsmallerthanagivensize;see"Overprint
andblackoverprint"onpage446.
Defining a tint
Atintisatransparentcolor,basedonanothercolorinthetemplate.Todefineatint:
1. SelectEdit > Colorsonthemenu.
2. ClicktheNewbutton(thegreenplus)toaddthetint.
3. FromtheTypedrop-down,selectTint.
4. IntheEditcolordialog,typeanameforthecolor(orlettheDesignercreateanamebasedonthe
valuesthatyouselect).Thecolor’snamecanbeusedinstylesheets.Thisnameshouldnotcon-
tainspacesorspecialcharacters.
5. SelectoneoftheexistingcolorsinthetemplateastheSourceofthecolor.Thetintoropacitywill
beappliedtothiscolor.
6. CheckUse opacityifyouwanttosettheTintslidertouseOpacityinstead.
7. Usetheslidertosetthepercentageofthetintoropacity,ortypethepercentagedirectlyinthe
inputboxandfinallyclickOK.
Applyingacolor
Colorscanbeappliedtoelementsinyourtemplateslocallyorthroughstylesheets.
Using colors in style sheets
Itishighlyrecommendedtousestylesheetsintemplatesrightfromthestart.Evenmoresoifthecom-
municationsaregoingtobeoutputtodifferentoutputchannels,oriftheyconsistofdifferentsections
(forexample,acoveringletterfollowedbyapolicy).UsingCSSwithtemplatesallowsaconsistentlook
andfeeltobeapplied.Astylesheetcanchangethelookofmultipleelements,makingitunnecessaryto
formateachandeveryelementinthetemplate,timeandagain,whenthecompany'slayoutpref-
erenceschange.See"StylingtemplateswithCSSfiles"onpage672.
Instylesheets,youcancoloreverytypeofelementthathasaCSScolorproperty,suchascolor,back-
ground-colororborder-color.Usethecolor'snameasitisdefinedintheDesigner,oranylegalcolor
value:avalidcolorname(seecolornamesonw3schools),hexadecimalcolorcode(seew3school's
colorpicker),RGBcolorvalue,forexamplergb(216,255,170)orCMYKcolorvalue,forexamplecmyk
(15%,0%,33%,0%).
ThefollowingCSSruleappliesMyColor,whichisacustomcolor(see"Definingcolors,spotcolorsand
tints"onpage699),tothetextofallparagraphs:
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