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Setting the properties of color palettes

Your application offers you the option of customizing color palettes.

Color palettes can be either docked or floating. Docking a color palette attaches it to the edge of the application window. Undocking a color palette pulls it away from the edge of the application window, so it floats and can be easily moved around.

With color swatches, you can set the right mouse button either to display a context menu or set the outline color. You can also adjust the color swatch border and size, and you can hide or display the No color well.

To dock or undock a color palette Back to Top

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Do the following
Dock a color palette
Click the top of the color palette border, and drag the color palette to any edge of the application window until a thin black toolbar outline appears.
Undock a color palette
Click the color palette border, and drag the color palette away from the edge of the application window.
Change the number of rows on a docked color palette
In the top left corner of the Document palette, click the flyout button, click Rows, and choose an option from the list.

You can also change the number of rows on a docked color palette by clicking Tools Customization, clicking Color palette in the Customization list of categories, and then typing a value in the Maximum palette rows when docked box. You can set a maximum of seven rows on a color palette.
To set the action of the right mouse button for color swatches Back to Top
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Click Tools Customization.
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In the Customization list of categories, click Color palette.
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Enable one of the following check boxes:
Context menu
Set outline color
If you enable Set outline color, you can still display the context menu by right-clicking and holding anywhere on the border of a color palette.
To customize color swatches Back to Top
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Click Tools Customization.
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In the Customization list of categories, click Color palette.
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Enable or disable any of the following check boxes:
Wide borders
Large swatches
Show “no color” well
You can also display color names in the color swatches by clicking the Options flyout button at the top of a color palette and clicking Show color names.


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