Get/Set Custom Project Colors

If more than one person is working on a project, you might want to share a set of custom colors with other team members, or possibly provide special colors for use across the whole project. You would then:

Capture the custom or project colors you have defined, in the project file, or
Retrieve a set of colors someone else has defined, from the project file

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Settings > Reference Data > Settings > Colors > Get Project Custom Colors

Settings > Reference Data > Settings > Colors > Set Project Custom Colors

Set custom project colors in the project file

Step	Action	See also
1	Define the custom colors on the 'Standard Colors' page of the 'Preferences' dialog.	Create Custom Colors
2	Select the 'Set Project Custom Colors' option. This message displays: Project Custom Colors export successful. 16 custom colors saved to the project file.
3	Click on the OK button. Notify the appropriate users that the colors are available for importing.

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Get project custom colors from the project file

Step	Action	See also
1	Select the 'Get Project Custom Colors' option. This message displays: Project Custom Colors import successful. 16 custom colors imported from the project file.
2	The custom colors are now available at the end of the color pallets of the 'Default Appearance' dialog and 'Connector Appearance' dialog. If the colors do not show, select the 'Start > Appearance > Preferences > Preferences' ribbon option and the 'Diagram > Standard Colors' page, and select the 'Show Project Custom Colors in Color Combo Boxes' checkbox	Set an Element's Default Appearance

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