FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

[Fred Ridder]

Absolutely correct. Which is why a MIF wash works as an easy way to get rid of the color definitions. Now that you've got the MIF file(s), open *that* file from FrameMaker and then do a Save As to convert it back to FrameMaker binary format.

 

-Fred Ridder
 
> From: mbradley at techpubs.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions
> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:03 -0700
> 
> Oh, and I looked in the MIF file for the colors and they aren't there!
> 
> = Mike Bradley
> 
> 
> > I have some FM files that were created in Word some time ago, then
> > imported into FM more recently.
> > 
> > In FM, we were able to remove all the artifacts from Word except for the
> > color definitions. We are not using any of the Word colors in the FM
> > files, but we can't delete them from the files' color catalogs, either.
> > The colors are listed in the Color Definitions window and in the
> > Character Designer window. They are labeled "RGB <RGB_number>", such as
> > RGB 177,197,218. The usual FM procedure for deleting colors simply
> > doesn't work; nor did Toolbox (it threw errors -17 and 12).
> 
> 
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