Amal Nagm

Introduction to color schemes

• Text that is formatted with any of the built-in heading styles that are available in the Font task pane
• Header row background colors and cell borders in repeating tables (repeating table: A control on a form that contains other controls in a table format and that repeats as needed. Users can insert multiple rows when filling out the form.)
• The Table with Title layout table Tip If you want the background of your form template to pick up the colors in a color scheme, you can place additional layout tables and controls inside the Table with Title layout table. Alternatively, you can click the Background Color command on the Format menu to manually apply a color from the color scheme to the entire background of your form template.
  

Change the color scheme for a form template

1. On the Format menu, click Color Schemes.
2. In the Color Schemes task pane, click a color scheme in the Apply a color scheme list. Tip To remove the currently applied color scheme, click None in the Apply a color scheme list.
   
   
   

Apply color scheme colors to specific items on your form template

Apply a color scheme color to the border of a control or table

1. Right-click the control, table, or cell that you want to modify.
2. On the shortcut menu, click Borders and Shading.
3. Click the Borders tab.
4. Click the arrow next to the Color box.
5. Click one of the colors in the top row of the color palette.
6. To apply a border that uses one of the colors from the color scheme, do one of the following:
   • To apply a predefined set of borders, under Presets, click the button for the borders that you want.
   • To apply only specific parts of a border, under Border, click the button for each part of the border that you want. In some cases, you may need to click the buttons more than once to see a change.

Apply a color scheme color to the background of a control or table

1. Right-click the control, table, or cell that you want to modify.
2. On the shortcut menu, click Borders and Shading.
3. Click the Shading tab.
4. Click the arrow next to the Color box.
5. To apply a color from the currently selected color scheme, click one of the colors in the top row of the color palette.

Apply a color scheme color to the background of a form template

1. On the Format menu, click Background Color.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click the arrow next to the Background color box.
4. To apply a color from the currently selected color scheme, click one of the colors in the top row of the color palette.

Apply a color scheme color to a label or other text

1. Select the text or label that you want to modify.
2. On the Format menu, click Font.
3. In the Font task pane, click the arrow next to the Font color box.
4. To apply a color from the currently selected color scheme, click one of the colors in the top row of the color palette.

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  On the Format menu, click Color Schemes.
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  To remove the currently applied color scheme, in the Color Schemes task pane, in the Apply a color scheme list, click None.

Note Only some of the items on a form template change color automatically when you apply a color scheme. If you have manually applied colors to other items on your form template, such as the backgrounds of controls or table cells, clicking None will not remove the color. Instead, you will need to remove or change the colors manually, by using options in the dialog box that you used to apply them.