You may want to change the color for for fitting/non fitting frames and dummy images when editing a page on the Pages main tab.

Selecting a color for the page background can let you have a better idea how the page will look on the colored paper - if your publication prints on such paper.

Default: Fitting frame or available image - Blue: RGB 0,0,255; Non-fitting frame or dummy image - Red: RGB 255,0,0.

Recommended: no recommendation

To select the color for fitting/non fitting frames and dummy images

1.On the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while not editing text, click Preferences.

2.On the Colors tab, under Fitting frame or available picture, click the [...] button and then select the color.

3.Under Out of measure frame, dummy or to update picture, click the [...] button and then select the color.

4.Click OK to save the preference.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.

See also

Select color for page background

Select color for page pasteboard

Select color for frame background during text editing