if I copy as a picture thru paste special, I lose the colors I need. If I
copy and paste, I get colors but lost the formating.....

JIm,
Check and see what printer is set as a default. My guess is that it is a
laser printer of some kind. YOu need to set the default printer to be a
color printer for the colors to come through.

YOu don't have to have a color printer, you just need to install the drivers
for a color printer, make it your default printer, then do your copy paste.
You can change the default printer back to the real printer when you aren't
doing the copy/paste.


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"JimFF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> if I copy as a picture thru paste special, I lose the colors I need. If I
> copy and paste, I get colors but lost the formating.....