my crayons don't work! (RESOLVED)

Anyone know how to change the font color on the page headings in a multipage in Excel?

I can change the caption, but can't seem to find a color property for the text.

Seems to work with a tabstrip, anyone know if this exists for a multipage?

Your talking about the Page Header in the page setup dialogue?
There is no access to the font color for page headers/footers.
This is all that is available - again I am on 2003 so if you don't
have these in Excel 97 then I don't know.

Code:

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Format code - Description
&L          = Left aligns the characters that follow.
&C          = Centers the characters that follow.
&R          = Right aligns the characters that follow.
&E          = Turns double-underline printing on or off.
&X          = Turns superscript printing on or off.
&Y          = Turns subscript printing on or off.
&B          = Turns bold printing on or off.
&I          = Turns italic printing on or off.
&U          = Turns underline printing on or off.
&S          = Turns strikethrough printing on or off.
&D          = Prints the current date.
&T          = Prints the current time.
&F          = Prints the name of the document.
&A          = Prints the name of the workbook tab.
&P          = Prints the page number.
&P+        = number Prints the page number plus the specified number.
&P-        = number Prints the page number minus the specified number.
&&          = Prints a single ampersand.
& "fontname"= Prints the characters that follow in the specified
              font. Be sure to include the double quotation marks.
&nn        = Prints the characters that follow in the specified font size.
              Use a two-digit number to specify a size in points.
&N          = Prints the total number of pages in the document.

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VB Code:

Sub FormatPageHeaderFooter()
 
    With ActiveSheet.PageSetup
        .LeftHeader = "&""Arial,Bold""&12Font color test"
        '.LeftHeader = "&D" 'PRINTS CURRENT DATE
        .CenterHeader = ""
        .RightHeader = ""
        .LeftFooter = ""
        .CenterFooter = ""
        .RightFooter = ""
        .LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
        .RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.75)
        .TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(1)
        .BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(1)
        .HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
        .FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.5)
        .PrintHeadings = False
        .PrintGridlines = False
        .PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
        .PrintQuality = -3
        .CenterHorizontally = False
        .CenterVertically = False
        .Orientation = xlPortrait
        .Draft = False
        .PaperSize = xlPaperLetter
        .FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
        .Order = xlDownThenOver
        .BlackAndWhite = False
        .Zoom = 100
        .PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
    End With
    ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintPreview
    
End Sub

Or maybe use a colored picture of text?

VB Code:

Sub InsertPicture()
 
    With ActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture
        .FileName = "C:\Sample.jpg"
        .Height = 275.25
        .Width = 463.5
        .Brightness = 0.36
        .ColorType = msoPictureGrayscale
        .Contrast = 0.39
        .CropBottom = -14.4
        .CropLeft = -28.8
        .CropRight = -14.4
        .CropTop = 21.6
    End With
    ' Enable the image to show up in the left header.
    ActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeader = "&G"
 
End Sub

Oh, just a thought, what about changing the
default color for all Excel and then color all your cells back to
black. This will leave the custom color on the page headers?
Guess it needs testing in 97.

HTH

Thanks for the reply.

I was referring to a multipage control, found in the standard VBA control box for use in a form. It has tabs called Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, etc.. I can rename these tabs, but can't quite figure out how to set font colors.

The multipage's forecolor property will change the text color. In order to change this property, make sure you have the multipage control selected and not a specific page within the control.

Unfortunately, this color will be used on every page.


Hope this helps.

Thank you - did exactly what I was looking for.

You know, when you think about it, M$ should have worded their properties a bit better.

I would associate a Forecolor property with the actual color of the form, or the multistrip page within the form.

And I agree, you have to be very specific in only selecting the multistrip, and not a page within the multistrip.

Thanks again for the help.