2 spot colors only

[Jen]

I need to convert my Publisher 2002 document to spot
color, maintaining black for all black text (in text
boxes as well as in imported picture files - Excel charts
and other TIFFs) and changing all other colors to
variations/tones of a single spot color (PMS 349 - a
green). According to the help file, I want to choose two
spot colors - black first and a green second. I see how
to modify/delete other spot colors, but although I
specify only these two spot colors in the dialog box, the
box below (stating which colors are used in my document)
has 3 colors. According to the help file, having 3 colors
means that ONLY the colors in my doc matching exactly the
second color will be that color and all others will be
shades of gray, which is happening. How do I restrict
there being only 2 spot colors (Black and a green)? Below
is the Help information copied so you can see what I'm
referring to:

From Publisher 2002 Help ~

In Publisher, black is automatically included in spot
color printing. If you choose black plus one spot color,
Publisher converts all colors except for black in your
publication to tints of the spot color. If you choose
black plus two spot colors, Publisher changes objects
that exactly match spot color 2 to 100 percent of that
color. All other colors in the publication change to
tints of spot color 1. You can, however, fill selected
objects or text with spot color 2.

 

[McCabe's Minuteman]

According to the help file, I want to choose two

spot colors...

Read your help file again! What you want is NOT 2 spot colors. For some
reason Microsoft doesn't think that black is a color (???). It is always
black PLUS spot colors. You need to select black plus 1 spot color.

From Publisher 2002 Help ~

...black is automatically included in spot
color printing....

.... If you choose black plus one spot color,

Publisher converts all colors except for black in your
publication to tints of the spot color....

Greg

 

[Guest]

Yes, exactly. I wasn't clear. The problem is that
Publisher is not giving me the option of specifying ALL
the colors. It automatically adds in a second spot color
(when I only choose one - plus black, of course). This
second spot color is a 10% tint of spot color #1. There
is no way for me to delete it, no matter which way I try.
What ends up happening is that all colors that exactly
match spot color #1 (dk green) keep their hue. All black
keeps its hue. All other colors (which do not match spot
color #3 - the 10% tint) all turn to shades of gray. This
should not be happening, according to the help file.

What I have tried to do is go all the way down to 1 "spot
color" (which by default is black). So I manually change
the black to be dark green. Of course, Publisher still
adds in the 10% tint of this as a 2nd spot color and I
have no control over this. My publication now turns to
all shades of spot color #1 (including my graphics, which
is what I have been trying to do) except now all my black
text has ALSO changed to a shade of spot color #1
(green). This I do not want.

So, how do I prevent Publisher from adding in this
automatic additional spot color??

Thanks again, and I hope to God this made some sense!

Jen

 

[Ed Bennett]

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Yes, exactly. I wasn't clear. The problem is that
Publisher is not giving me the option of specifying ALL
the colors. It automatically adds in a second spot color
(when I only choose one - plus black, of course). This
second spot color is a 10% tint of spot color #1.

If I understand you correctly, you are looking in "Colors", and seeing
colors you have not specified.
Look under "Inks". These are your actual spot colours. What you see under
"Colors" is the tints and shades of the spot colours that are currently in
use in the publication.