Hello,
For some unknown reason X6 adds colors (usually pantone) to the document palette when those colors are not being used - and were never used.
When I try to delete them from the palette I get a message that they are "currently in use" even when nothing other than black is being used.
These offending colors also show up in the pdfs I create from the document.
I have re-recreated the same document page by page, watching the document palette as I go and for no apparent reason colors start to magically appear.
Dos anyone have an idea what is going on here and how to address the issue - other than using InDesign?
FYI, I'm using 64bit X6. Windows 7, 16Gb ram.
Thanks,
K
Is there a bitmap in the file? Though I'm not sure how you would get pantones from a bitmap, even if that was the origin. It could be a duotone bitmap, I suppose.
KenPhelps said: If I delete all pages and all content on the only remaining page I once again get the "cannot be deleted because it is currently in use" message.
Are there any object or colour styles perhaps? Those might possibly be considered to be "using" some colours even though you don't currently have any objects of that style.
The Document palette doesn't work as it should, or at least not the way I would like it to do, and I have personally stopped using it.
To make it a little bit more useful I suggest you disable "Automatically Update" from the palette menu (little arrow at the end of palette) and make sure there are no colors in the palette when you start a fresh document.
Then you can easily add the colors you want, by using either "Add from Selection" (my preferred choice) or "Add from Document" (which may add a few strange colors as well).