Q209679: WD97: Font Colors Change Opening a Word 2000 Document
Article: Q209679
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): word8 word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Word 97 to open a Microsoft Word 2000 document [or a version of the
document that has been saved in Rich Text Format (*.rtf)] that contains
different font colors, the font colors do not appear as expected.
CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because of the different way that each program handles
color palettes. Word 2000 supports 24-bit RGB color, but Word 97 supports 16-bit
color and has a limit of 50 RGB colors. Thus, colors that are similar to each
other in Word 2000 are translated to a single color in Word 97.
For example, the font color Dark Green is translated to Green when a Word 2000
document is opened in Word 97. However, when a Rich Text Format version of the
same Word 2000 document is opened in Word 97, the Dark Green font color is
translated to Black.
WORKAROUND
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If you are sharing your documents with Word 97 users, try using primary colors.
MORE INFORMATION
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When you open a Word 2000 document containing text formatted with different
font colors in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, the font colors may change
unexpectedly, as shown in the following table.
Font color in Word 2000 Converts to this font color in Word 97
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Black Retained as Black
Brown Converts to Dark Red
Olive Green Converts to Dark Yellow
Dark Green Converts to Green
Dark Teal Converts to Teal
Dark Blue Retained as Dark Blue
Indigo Converts to Gray - 50%
Gray - 80% Converts to Black
Dark Red Retained as Dark Red
Orange Converts to Red
Dark Yellow Retained as Dark Yellow
Green Retained as Green
Teal Retained as Teal
Blue Retained as Blue
Blue - Gray Converts to Gray - 50%
Gray - 50% Retained as Gray - 50%
Red Retained as Red
Light Orange Converts to Yellow
Lime Converts to Yellow
Sea Green Converts to Bright Green
Aqua Converts to Turquoise
Light Blue Converts to Blue
Violet Retained as Violet
Gray - 40% Converts to Gray - 50%
Pink Retained as Pink
Gold Converts to Yellow
Yellow Retained as Yellow
Bright Green Retained as Bright Green
Turquoise Retained as Turquoise
Sky Blue Converts to Turquoise
Plum Converts to Pink
Gray - 25% Retained as Gray - 25%
Rose Converts to Pink
Tan Converts to Yellow
Light Yellow Converts to Yellow
Light Green Converts to Bright Green
Light Turquoise Converts to Turquoise
Pale Blue Converts to Turquoise
Lavender Converts to Pink
White Retained as White
When you use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows to open a Word 2000 document saved as Rich Text Format (*.rtf) and containing text formatted with different font colors, the font colors may change unexpectedly, as shown in the
following table.
Font color in Word 2000 Converts to this font color in Word 97
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Black Retained as Black
Brown Converts to Dark Red
Olive Green Converts to Black
Dark Green Converts to Black
Dark Teal Converts to Dark Blue
Dark Blue Retained as Dark Blue
Indigo Converts to Dark Blue
Gray - 80% Converts to Black
Dark Red Retained as Dark Red
Orange Converts to Red
Dark Yellow Retained as Dark Yellow
Green Retained as Green
Teal Retained as Teal
Blue Retained as Blue
Blue - Gray Converts to Gray - 50%
Gray - 50% Retained as Gray - 50%
Red Retained as Red
Light Orange Converts to Yellow
Lime Converts to Dark Yellow
Sea Green Converts to Teal
Aqua Converts to Turquoise
Light Blue Converts to Blue
Violet Retained as Violet
Gray - 40% Converts to Gray - 50%
Pink Retained as Pink
Gold Converts to Yellow
Yellow Retained as Yellow
Bright Green Retained as Bright Green
Turquoise Retained as Turquoise
Sky Blue Converts to Turquoise
Plum Converts to Violet
Gray - 25% Retained as Gray - 25%
Rose Converts to Gray - 25%
Tan Converts to Gray - 25%
Light Yellow Converts to Gray - 25%
Light Green Converts to Gray - 25%
Light Turquoise Converts to White
Pale Blue Converts to Gray - 25%
Lavender Converts to Gray - 25%
White Retained as White
REFERENCES
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For additional information about how Word 2000 shading properties appear in Word
97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q209677 WD97: Shading Changes Opening a Word 2000 Document
For additional information about font colors in Word 2000, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q224776 WD2000: How to Find and Replace Font Color Formatting
Additional query words: white gray grey black shades grayscale greyscale 16-bit 16 bit 24 24-bit fill pattern shading
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Keywords : word8 word97
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : WINDOWS:97
Issue type : kbprb
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