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Background and text color changed in error

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We have a user that somehow changed the colors and now she can't see what she is typing.  She does not know what she did to change it so she does not know how to change it back. 

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    David Musgrave MVP GPUG All Star Legend Moderator Profile Picture
    David Musgrave MVP ... 13,965 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Background and text color changed in error

    I doubt this is caused by GP Power Tools as it does not allow you to make the text not visible.

    When you change the background colors to a dark color, the text is automatically inverted so that it is always visible.

    GP Power Tools comes with over 100 built in themes and allows custom themes allowing you to select from the available 16.7 million colors.

    Please look at the Benefits Presentation to see what else GPPT can do.

    https://www.winthropdc.com/ftp/pub/GPPowerTools_Benefits.ppsx

    Regards

    David

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    Richard Wheeler 75,788 Moderator on at
    RE: Background and text color changed in error

    How about checking the DEX.INI? Another option would be to copy a GP program from another computer.

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    Richard Wheeler 75,788 Moderator on at
    RE: Background and text color changed in error

    Could GP Power Tools be in play here?

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    Beat Bucher  GP Geek  GPUG All Star Profile Picture
    Beat Bucher GP Gee... 28,058 Moderator on at
    RE: Background and text color changed in error

    Richard,

    There is nothing like this that would allow to change the background color in GP without an add-on...

    Given the black background (which is ugly) I'd bet that something like WilloWare GP PowerPack was installed (free features ?) and that user picked a color schema that makes it now unreadable or hardly readable.

    Katrice,

    I'd check the DYNAMICS.SET file for that user and see if you can find an entry that refers to Willoware GP PowerPack or also possibly GP PowerTools, but I doubt that this kind of color schema is available in GPPT..

    I remember some customers having installed the Willoware GP PowerPack and the number of color options were very limited (by far not as nice as in GPPT) and they were very contrasted, almost too flashy to my taste.

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    Richard Wheeler 75,788 Moderator on at
    RE: Background and text color changed in error

    Try going to User Preferences->Display->User Display Settings

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