V9 Color changing

[Juli in Kona]

When I am digitizing and want to start a new color section, can I do that before actually doing my first element in the new color? Or do I have to do the element and then go in and change the color?

Second Question: When I want to change the color of an element, I right click on the element, choose Color and do the change, hit apply and OK. I will not change the color! But when I do exactly the same thing again, it will then change! Am I missing something here? Or is this a bug?

Juli in Kona

[Rod or Sharon]

Juli,

First question.....I played with this a bit and found that if you inserted a "trim", you could then add a color for the new element to attach too....may be other ways, just found this one right off..then delete the trim after digitizing the element(s)...no real time saving, but that is not what you asked for

Second question....first thing I experienced was that if you "right click" on the element on the screen, it does not make that element "active" on the working screen. If you "left" click on the element and get a properties box around it on the screen and then "right" click in the properties box and the go to the change color in the menu, it will change the color.

If you "right" click, the element in the project tree, it becomes "active" on the screen, which will then allow a color change. In short, the element muct be active on the working screen , with a properties box displayed around it to affect a color change, regardless of right clicking on the element or the working screen away from the element...

Create two complex fill objects....right click, on the screen, on one of the elements. Select Change color, from the menu...nothing will effect a color change this way.....now right click on the screen away from the elements and you will see you get exactly the same menu. Selecting a color change from this menu will not effect a color change either......But, left click on one of the elements, get the properties box and then right click and select a color and it will change....high lighting the element in the project list, in my opinion , is still the fastest way to get this done.....no bug that I can see..for what you are trying to do anyway...

Rod Springer
Amaya tech & Trainer

[Juli in Kona]

Thanks! It was the right click that did it.

Juli in Kona