FM 8 - Can't Delete Color Definitions

[Joy Kocar]

I've had problems with color definitions and this really worked:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323771.html

Joy

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM, <mbradley at techpubs.com> wrote:

> Windows XP Service Pack 3
> FrameMaker 8
>
> Hi,
>
> 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).
>
> It appears that the Word colors are embedded in the FM files in a unique
> way that prevents them from being deleted. Any ideas on how we can
> delete them?
>
> = Mike Bradley
>  www.techpubs.com
>
>

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