Hello Jean

Should we change the template so that heading colour is black and solve this 
problem?

Peter Schofield
[email protected]



> On 24 Jun 2020, at 11:05, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> FYI, for the print books (which are in b/w) I change the heading
> colours to black because of these problems with colours printing too
> pale.
> 
> Jean
> 
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:54 PM Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Pulkit
>> 
>> I have to agree with you about the colours causing problems on black and 
>> white printing.
>> 
>> The proposed Impress colour (a33e03) comes out medium grey, but is darker 
>> than the original colour used for headings. The LO green (18A303) is a very 
>> light grey.
>> 
>> Another suggestion — why not use the standard black for all headings? It 
>> will make it easier to manage the template.
>> 
>> Just tested the Note area colour. That comes out as a very pale grey.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Peter Schofield
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Jun 2020, at 10:40, Pulkit Krishna <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The colors for other Guides are OK but for getting started guide it is
>>> Grey. I don't think it will look good. Yellow for Draw would also be a
>>> problem I think. When printed in Black and white I think most of the colors
>>> will create problems.
>>> Pulkit Krishna
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 2:06 PM Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am opposed to using different colour headings for different user guides,
>>>> both for the reason Peter mentions (regarding volunteers) and because I
>>>> think it detracts from a unified look for LO as a whole. I haven’t looked
>>>> at the draft template yet, but I’m wondering if all the colours are equally
>>>> readable.
>>>> Jean
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 17:23 Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have just completed version 7.0 of the Preface and Chapter 1 of the
>>>>> Impress user guide, but now have a question about the template proposal
>>>>> from Olivier.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the draft template the colour of the headings changes depending on
>>>>> which user guide you are writing/updating to bring the headings into line
>>>>> with the colours used for the front and rear covers of each user guide.
>>>>> This is a good idea, but control could be a problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My question is will all of the Documentation Team volunteers remember to
>>>>> change the heading colour? The instructions for colour change are at the
>>>>> back of the draft template and may get missed when somebody does not read
>>>>> the template instructions. Also, are all the volunteers confident enough
>>>> to
>>>>> change the headings to a specific colour? I had no problem, but I am used
>>>>> to working with colour in user guides.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Solution is is to create a template for each user guide with the heading
>>>>> colours already changed. However, this is definitely extra work,
>>>> especially
>>>>> when the template has to be updated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Would appreciate opinions on this.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Peter Schofield
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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