Can't replace one color with another

[Copeland Casati]

I have two yellows, one I want to delete. I ask FH to replace Yellow 1 with
Yellow 2, fills & tints included, through "find", "graphics", "fills &
tints". Then I go to delete Yellow 2 and it says it's still in use! I can't
get rid of this yellow! How can I delete it?

[chuckrock webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Delete your guides or hidden layers?


[url]http://www.chuckmoser.com[/url]

[Bill]

Try using 'replace color' in the menu of the swatches panel (upper right
corner) to replace your unwanted yellow with the one you want to keep.

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:03:37 -0400, Copeland Casati
<copelandcasati@mindspring.com> wrote:

> I have two yellows, one I want to delete. I ask FH to replace Yellow 1
> with
> Yellow 2, fills & tints included, through "find", "graphics", "fills &
> tints". Then I go to delete Yellow 2 and it says it's still in use! I
> can't
> get rid of this yellow! How can I delete it?
>
>
>

--
Bill
FHMX/Win98/Athlon2100+/512M

[Judy Arndt]

Bill wrote:

> Try using 'replace color' in the menu of the swatches panel (upper right
> corner) to replace your unwanted yellow with the one you want to keep.

Just a warning that in FHMX there's a composite-path color bug associated
with 'replace color' in the swatches menu. You're safer using Find & Replace
Graphics until the FHMX updater is released.

Judy Arndt

[Judy Arndt]

chuckrock wrote:

> Delete your guides or hidden layers?

In addition, if the color you want to remove is used in a Style, the Style
will have to be redefined or removed.

Judy Arndt

[Bill]

If you use the 'Select' tab in 'Find and Replace', does it find any
instances of the color. 'Select' will find some things that 'Find and
Replace' wont, such as colorized tiffs.
If that doesn't work, you can send me a copy. Just remove
'JAIL.THE.SPAMMERS.' from my address.

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:21:02 -0400, Copeland Casati
<copelandcasati@mindspring.com> wrote:

> None of it is working, the darned yellow remains! Can I send this to
> anyone
> to review?
>
> --
>
> "Copeland Casati" <copelandcasati@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bjicp2$anj$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I have two yellows, one I want to delete. I ask FH to replace Yellow 1
> with
> Yellow 2, fills & tints included, through "find", "graphics", "fills &
> tints". Then I go to delete Yellow 2 and it says it's still in use! I
> can't
> get rid of this yellow! How can I delete it?
>
>
>

--
Bill
FHMX/Win98/Athlon2100+/512M

[Judy Arndt]

Copeland Casati wrote:

> None of it is working, the darned yellow remains!

Unlock and show all layers. Does Find & Replace/Select find the color?

Sometimes there's an invisible character at the the end of text blocks that
has a color tag. I forget the exact trick, but if you put your cursor at the
end of the block, delete and then retype the last character it sometimes
helps.

Sometimes the only remedy is to select everything and copy into a new
document, leaving color corruption behind.

Judy Arndt

[chuckrock webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Sure. Fire it over. It's a little slow today.

[email]chucky@empnet.com[/email]

[url]http://www.chuckmoser.com[/url]

[Judy Arndt]

chuckrock wrote:

> I?ll post this reply on the forums as well. I think Judy Arndt had a solution
> at one time.

Yeah, I think I remember now. Michael H. Phillips came up with the trick.
Put the cursor at the end of the text block, hit the right arrow key until
the cursor won't go any further, press 'Return' and then 'Delete'. This
worked in previous versions of FH. I don't know if still works in FHMX.

Judy Arndt

[Copeland Casati]

It worked! It worked! It worked!
The last trick was what did it. Can someone make that a tech note?
Thank you all so much...
:)

"Copeland Casati" <copelandcasati@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bjicp2$anj$1@forums.macromedia.com...
I have two yellows, one I want to delete. I ask FH to replace Yellow 1 with
Yellow 2, fills & tints included, through "find", "graphics", "fills &
tints". Then I go to delete Yellow 2 and it says it's still in use! I can't
get rid of this yellow! How can I delete it?