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Color palettes switching between Excel files
Lickamaloin 12/23/2008 5:24:03 PM
I have recently found that if I open two workbooks with different color
palettes, in the same instance of Excel, the color palettes will switch from
one file to other, and mess up all the colors. I try to switch it back using
the Tools -> Options -> Color menu, but any file that I try to use as a base
gets the color palette corrupted also.

Is there any way to stop this? We use several different color palettes, so
this is starting to become a problem.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Stephen
Re: Color palettes switching between Excel files
"Jon Peltier" <jonxlmvpNO[ at ]SPAMpeltiertech.com> 12/26/2008 4:59:47 AM
Each workbook has a distinct palette. If you copy a sheet from one workbook
to another, it will assume the colors of the workbook it is pasted into.
Palettes don't switch from one workbook to another by themselves.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
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"Lickamaloin" <Lickamaloin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text]
>I have recently found that if I open two workbooks with different color
> palettes, in the same instance of Excel, the color palettes will switch
> from
> one file to other, and mess up all the colors. I try to switch it back
> using
> the Tools -> Options -> Color menu, but any file that I try to use as a
> base
> gets the color palette corrupted also.
>
> Is there any way to stop this? We use several different color palettes, so
> this is starting to become a problem.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> Stephen


Re: Color palettes switching between Excel files
Lickamaloin 12/31/2008 3:46:04 PM
Thanks for the info, Jon. Unfortunately, the problem is not caused when
copying a sheet from one workbook to another, but when two workbooks are open
at the same time. I had also assumed that it is impossible for this to
happen by itself, but that seems to be the case.

Thanks
Stephen

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Each workbook has a distinct palette. If you copy a sheet from one workbook
> to another, it will assume the colors of the workbook it is pasted into.
> Palettes don't switch from one workbook to another by themselves.
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
> http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
> _______
>
>
> "Lickamaloin" <Lickamaloin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2BA36BED-2E4B-4FB8-A622-F9787DABA03A[ at ]microsoft.com...
> >I have recently found that if I open two workbooks with different color
> > palettes, in the same instance of Excel, the color palettes will switch
> > from
> > one file to other, and mess up all the colors. I try to switch it back
> > using
> > the Tools -> Options -> Color menu, but any file that I try to use as a
> > base
> > gets the color palette corrupted also.
> >
> > Is there any way to stop this? We use several different color palettes, so
> > this is starting to become a problem.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions!
> > Stephen
>
>
>
Re: Color palettes switching between Excel files
"Jon Peltier" <jonxlmvpNO[ at ]SPAMpeltiertech.com> 12/31/2008 4:22:14 PM
Is there any code that may be copying the palette from one workbook to the
other? I've never seen this happen spontaneously.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
_______


"Lickamaloin" <Lickamaloin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text]
> Thanks for the info, Jon. Unfortunately, the problem is not caused when
> copying a sheet from one workbook to another, but when two workbooks are
> open
> at the same time. I had also assumed that it is impossible for this to
> happen by itself, but that seems to be the case.
>
> Thanks
> Stephen
>
> "Jon Peltier" wrote:
>
>> Each workbook has a distinct palette. If you copy a sheet from one
>> workbook
>> to another, it will assume the colors of the workbook it is pasted into.
>> Palettes don't switch from one workbook to another by themselves.
>>
>> - Jon
>> -------
>> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
>> Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
>> http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
>> _______
>>
>>
>> "Lickamaloin" <Lickamaloin[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2BA36BED-2E4B-4FB8-A622-F9787DABA03A[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >I have recently found that if I open two workbooks with different color
>> > palettes, in the same instance of Excel, the color palettes will switch
>> > from
>> > one file to other, and mess up all the colors. I try to switch it back
>> > using
>> > the Tools -> Options -> Color menu, but any file that I try to use as a
>> > base
>> > gets the color palette corrupted also.
>> >
>> > Is there any way to stop this? We use several different color palettes,
>> > so
>> > this is starting to become a problem.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any suggestions!
>> > Stephen
>>
>>
>>


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