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Font & Color

The Font & Color dialog allows you to set the colors and fonts for selected areas within a dialog, window, control or menu. The notebook may contain the following tabs: Dialogs and Menus.

Dialogs:
The Font & Color dialog allows you to set the colors and fonts for selected areas within a dialog or window. You can select one of the following areas to edit:

A set check box uses the defined color whereas a clear check box uses the default characteristics. The current color selected is displayed beside each check box item.

Menus:
You can select the area you wish to change by selecting one of the following check boxes:

A set check box uses the defined color whereas a clear check box uses the default characteristics. The current color selected is displayed beside each check box item.

Index Colors Tab
The Index colors tab contains a 3 x 6 grid displaying the available colors from which you can select. The proper name of the color is displayed under this grid.

 
RGB Colors Tab
The RGB colors tab contains an RGB color selector. You can select the color from the RGB color circle or you can enter the RGB values in the spin-button areas. When you enter a value within one of the spin fields, the cross hair of the color circle moves to the corresponding location of the RGB color. Conversely, when you move the cross hair of the color circle to the desired color, the spin fields will be updated to the value of the RGB color selected.

You can also select the font from the Fonts list box and the font size from the Size list box. When you select a font or font size, an example of the selected font and size will be displayed below the list boxes.

There are Cancel, Clear, Enter and Set buttons along the bottom of the dialog box.