I am using Numbers for my genealogy and changing text colors is a hit and miss thing. I have quit and opened colors but no luck. Does anyone else have this problem?
Mac Book Pro late 2011
OS 10.10.4
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Hi Rudy,
I did in the past, running Mavericks and 3.2. Recently updated to Yosemite and 3.5 and it seems to be working as it should.
quinn
Also, if your document happens to be a legacy document originally created in Numbers 2, then you may see some unexpected behaviors in Numbers 3. To test whether that is the case, you could try creating a new document in Numbers 3 and seeing if you have the same problem there.
SG
Hi Rudy,
You haven't said which version of Numbers, but in Numbers '09 and Numbers 3, Menu > View > Show Colours (command shift c) will bring up the colour palette with the glorious range of colours:
In Numbers 3, Format Panel > Text > Font > click on the Colour Wheel to see that.
To set a font colour, select the cells, then Format Panel > Text > Font > Colour.
Please call back with questions.
Regards,
Ian.
I am using Numbers 3.5.3. Table was done in this one. When I first started this table it worked fine. I closed it for a few days and now it doesn't. I've even restarted my laptop as I have to do often because the OS freezes up and can't do anything but move the curser or I can't use any browser. I do zap the pram from time to time.
Well I deleted numbers and reinstalled but the text will not change colors. Are there any other suggestions on how to fix it?
Hi Rudy,
Click on the colour wheel, then close a colour. Even though the colour palette is showing, it must be "activated" for text by Format Panel > Text > Style > Colour Wheel.
Regards,
Ian.
I do that each time. It's like Pages. Does not stay active like the old Pages used to. No matter what I do it will not change color. I would hate to start over again.
Hi Rudy,
No matter what I do it will not change color.
Are there any Conditional Highlighting rules applied to those cells?
Format Panel > Cell > Conditional Highlighting
Regards,
Ian.
No conditional highlighting. Even tried a new table and it still does not work. I can do cell color fill and character color fill but no changing text color. Frustrating.
Hi Rudy,
If you like, place the document on Dropbox (remove personal information) and post the Dropbox link in a reply.
Regards,
Ian.
In the new Numbers version 3.6.1 the Font color is under Format > Font > Show Fonts. This opens the font table. In the fonts table click on the settings gear, then from that drop down menu select Color. The Color chart will then open and you can select a color. Have the cell selected for all characters in the cell, or just select (highlight) the word or character only that you wish to change the color of before you choose the color.
You have text selected in a cell, and choose the Text tab on the right Numbers panel. You click the color globe, and choose RGB colors. You pick a color and your selected text obeys. Without closing the color chooser, you move to the next text cell, select the text, and click on a the same or new color. It will not change the color of the text in the cell. PITA alert!
You have to close the color chooser, and reopen it — each time that you want to change text color in a different cell. If you want to replicate the first cell color in the third cell, select the text in the first cell, and from the Format menu, choose copy style. Select the text in the third cell, and select Format menu : Paste Format.
This behavior is common with the color chooser in Pages v5.6.1, Numbers v3.6.1, and most likely Keynote v6.6.1.
text colors in numbers won't change
