Robert Collins Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I have been using FM7 for some time and have just upgraded to FM 8.5 advanced. It seems in FM7 you can only select a colour theme when creating a new layout and not superimpose one on an existing one- can anybody tell me if 8.5 can do that - I know I can manually change the colours in the header/body/footer. I have checked in the (downloaded) 8.5 documentation and I can find no mention of it. Any help would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldipalo Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Are you talking about putting a background color underneath your fields? If yes, just choose, in layout mode, a square or oblong object and outline where you would like it. Then, choose the color, effect, pencil color, etc. and the send it to the back of the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Collins Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 I meant can I apply one of the themes that comes with FM to an existing layout . If I choose to create a new layout , I get to choose from a list of included colour themes but there doesn't seem to be a way of choosing one for an existing layout that doesn't have one applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Taylor Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 After creation you can only do it on an element by element basis. Copy and paste with Format > Format Painter are the only things that can speed up the conversion process... But you probably know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 AFAIK, this has never changed. The initial layouts provided when you create a new File, or TO, has always been plain, with no options to use a Theme. The only time that the themes become an option is upon the creation of a New Layout created through the Layout Mode. Since I prefer to apply my own themes to my files, I choose the plain one anyway. HTH Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Collins Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Thanks for the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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