Re: [libreoffice-users] adding / using custom colours to LibreOffice

Hi Gary,

Gary Dale schrieb:
> I'm using 5.4.1.2.0+ on a Debian/Buster AMD64 system.
>
> I volunteer with several organizations, some of whom have standard
> colours that I would like to add to the LibreOffice colour palette.
> However the formerly available Tools | Options | Colors customization
> feature seems to have disappeared.

Yes it was removed to reduce complexity for normal users.

> I noticed that the font colour chooser allows you to use custom colours
> but not add them to the palette. While usable, it's not a good solution
> when you are going to be using the same colours repeatedly.

If you, as single user, need a color repeatedly, then you can add this 
color to your personal palette "Custom". It is not a real palette, but 
part of your personal registrymodifications.xcu. This file holds the 
recent colors too. But a normal user does not need to know these details.

> After more googling, I eventually found a way of adding custom colours -
> by creating a shape then right-clicking on it and selecting area. This
> allows me to add colours to the custom palette (and apparently only the
> custom palette - even if I select a different palette, the new colour
> ends up in custom).

If you want to maintain "corporate identity" colors, storing them in 
"custom" is wrong anyway. So do not try to find any "tricks".

You should use a *.soc file stored in share/palette for those colors. 
You can add the colors to one of the existing files or make a totally 
new such file.
The file is a simple xml-file and can be edit with any editor.

You only need to add one line per color following the example
<draw:color draw:name="Black" draw:color="#000000" />
Instead of "Black" you write the text, which the user will see.
Instead of 000000 you write the code, which you see in the 'Hex' field 
in the Area > Color dialog. If you work in Draw you can use Format > 
Area without any need of a shape.

That way each user, who will use LibreOffice will get these special 
colors automatically.

You need writing rights from the OS to change or add files in share/palette.

Kind regards
Regina



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