Color Picker

[Guest]

In PPT2003 I use an addin called colorpicker from PPTxtreme.
http://www.pptxtreme.com/

Basically it allows you to pick the color off any place on the slide (or
screen for that matter), and apply that color to an object.

For example, picking "Coke-red" or "Bellsouth-blue" from a JPEG and applying
it to a box, so the box is the exact same colpr as the logo.

This add-in doesn't seem to work in PPT2007. Does anyone know a way to
accomplish this...perhaps there is some new functionality in PPT2007 I'm
overlooking?

 

[Ute Simon]

In PPT2003 I use an addin called colorpicker from PPTxtreme.

http://www.pptxtreme.com/

Basically it allows you to pick the color off any place on the slide (or
screen for that matter), and apply that color to an object.

For example, picking "Coke-red" or "Bellsouth-blue" from a JPEG and
applying
it to a box, so the box is the exact same colpr as the logo.

This add-in doesn't seem to work in PPT2007. Does anyone know a way to
accomplish this...perhaps there is some new functionality in PPT2007 I'm
overlooking?

Hi Joe,

give Pixie a try. It can be downloaded for free from
http://www.nattyware.com. It is a very small program that shows RGB (and
HTML, and CMYK, ...) values of the current cursor position. Which you can
then enter into PowerPoints color dialog.

I am already using it in a Vista + Office 2007 environment and had no
problems thus far.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

In PPT2003 I use an addin called colorpicker from PPTxtreme.
http://www.pptxtreme.com/

Basically it allows you to pick the color off any place on the slide (or
screen for that matter), and apply that color to an object.

For example, picking "Coke-red" or "Bellsouth-blue" from a JPEG and applying
it to a box, so the box is the exact same colpr as the logo.

This add-in doesn't seem to work in PPT2007. Does anyone know a way to
accomplish this...perhaps there is some new functionality in PPT2007 I'm
overlooking?

Less automatic, but free:

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

It gives you the RGB values; you have to transfer them to PPT.

And a GREAT quote from the guy who apparently wrote the code that makes Pixie
work:

"A great UI is one that allows user to remove and hide whatever UI designers
believe to be a great UI."

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Joe, did you get in touch with the pptxtreme folks, and ask them about this?

 

[Guest]

Thanks you all for your helpful suggestions. I sent inquiries to the
PPTextreme support but haven't received any word...I did notice thier website
looks a bit dated, as there is not even a mention of PPT2007. So I am
thinking they may no longer be active in development.

I guess I'll continue to stick with PPT2003 for heavy duty production, as I
have many add-in tools that I find indispensable. Not to mention a
customized set of menus - impossible to duplicate in PPT2007 unfortunately.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Joe,
For your customization needs with PPT 2007, check into the Ribbon Customizer
from Patrick Schmid (a OneNote MVP). You can find info about it here:
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer/index.php

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

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