Can one change box and rule colours?

danckwerts · Post by **danckwerts** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:36 am

Is there any way to change the box and rule colours when generating PDFs? I know how to change the other colours but there doesn't seem to be an option for these and I want a purely black-and-white PDF.

NigelRichman · Post by **NigelRichman** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:26 pm

Hi,

There is a check box in the Customise Defaults / Diagram requester to select Black and White for Printing. You should be able to create a PDF through the Print Requester or the Save as PDF button.

This is Black and White (except for Pictures).

Regards,

Nigel

danckwerts · Post by **danckwerts** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:33 pm

Thanks, I tried the Black and White (for Printing) option, but the frames still came out blue when I save a PDF. I tried creating a PDF using the print dialogue but I find it rather inconvenient as it splits the tree into many pages (many of which are blank) - and even then the boxes come out blue.

NigelRichman · Post by **NigelRichman** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:47 pm

Hi dankwerts,

Which diagram are you trying to print out?

I tried it on an Ancestors chart and did not get a 'blue box or frame'.

Save as PDF is the only way to get a single sheet unless you select a paper size that is bigger than the output - difficult to do with large trees unless you can use an A0 printer definition.

Nigel

danckwerts · Post by **danckwerts** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:31 pm

NigelRichman wrote:Hi dankwerts,

Which diagram are you trying to print out?

I tried it on an Ancestors chart and did not get a 'blue box or frame'.

Save as PDF is the only way to get a single sheet unless you select a paper size that is bigger than the output - difficult to do with large trees unless you can use an A0 printer definition.

Nigel

Descendant.

NigelRichman · Post by **NigelRichman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:01 pm

Hi,

Just tried that and the only Box I get is the Highlight for the 'Root' person.

The colour does not change with the Black option but can be set via the Custom settings panel - Change the highlight colour to a grey or remove altogether by selecting white.

Hope that is the box you mean.

Regards,

Nigel

danckwerts · Post by **danckwerts** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:34 pm

NigelRichman wrote:Hi,

Just tried that and the only Box I get is the Highlight for the 'Root' person.

The colour does not change with the Black option but can be set via the Custom settings panel - Change the highlight colour to a grey or remove altogether by selecting white.

Hope that is the box you mean.

Regards,

Nigel

Thanks, but no, it's not what I mean. I already have the highlight set to white but I have blue boxes around each person (or couple) in both the preview and print-out. I don't particularly want them. See image of preview. PDFs some out like this, too.

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NigelRichman · Post by **NigelRichman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:00 pm

Ah, the boxes do not appear in Horizontal display which I was using.

I agree, there is no apparent way to change the box colours and set print as black and white.

Probably a bug for Warwick to put on the 'to do' list.

Regards,

Nigel

danckwerts · Post by **danckwerts** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:05 pm

NigelRichman wrote:Ah, the boxes do not appear in Horizontal display which I was using.

I agree, there is no apparent way to change the box colours and set print as black and white.

Probably a bug for Warwick to put on the 'to do' list.

Regards,

Nigel

Thanks!