C7 changing pen, fill and gradients en mass

[Steve Mills]

On Apr 17, 2007, at 12:34:54, Krisztina wrote:

> We fax proofs to certain clients.  Since the faxes are black and  
> white, often the color on color values on the actual page make the  
> faxed copy hard for the client to decipher.  As a workaround, in C4  
> we would select all, then go to the color palette and do the  
> following:
> Set the gradient to White
> Fill to White
> Pen to Black
>
> to illustrate, make a rectangle with a fill of 100% Magenta, pen of  
> 100% Green and type a big price of 100% yellow.
>
> After completing the workaround in C4, the box would be white with  
> a black rule and the price would be black.
>
> How do I do this in C7?  (I think I know what you're going to say,  
> but I'm going to throw it out there anyway!)

The best way would be to plan ahead and have every element and all  
text be based on styles. Then when you're ready to fax, edit the base  
styles and change the colors there. That way, everything can be  
changed to black or white with very minimal fuss.

But if you don't do that, the best way would be to write a script  
that does it for you. You can do it from the Colors palette, but you  
won't be able to simply Select All and set the colors, because that  
won't change the colors of contained or embedded elements.

BTW, you can change the color of text without activating each text  
block by selecting the text elements and holding down the option key  
when you click on a color in the Colors palette. If the text is not  
outlined, set the part control to frame before option-clicking the  
color so it will set the text's text color and not the fill color  
(which would also turn on outline).

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