Colors Change Briefly When Inserting Object in WordPad
Article ID: 141943
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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SYMPTOMS
When you insert a graphic image or video clip into WordPad, the colors on
the screen may change briefly and then return to normal.
CAUSE
The color change occurs because WordPad changes the color palette so that
it can display the colors in the graphic image or video clip. This behavior
occurs only with a color setting of 256 or fewer colors.
RESOLUTION
To prevent the brief color change, increase the number of colors in the
color palette. To do so, change the Color Palette setting on the Settings
tab in Display properties to High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit).
These settings produce 65,000 or 16.8 million colors, respectively. Before
changing the Color Palette setting, make sure your display adapter and
monitor are capable of displaying more than 256 colors.
To change the Color Palette setting, follow these steps:
- In Control Panel, double-click Display.
- Click the Settings tab.
- In the Color Palette box, click the setting you want.
- Click OK.
- When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so.
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