Color Tab

Using this tab, you can specify the foreground and background colors of the text on the screen.

Options	Description
Scheme	Click the name of the color scheme to use for this session. The list box displays both local schemes and remote schemes. (The locations of local and remote schemes are defined on the Global Preferences dialog box). If you have not created any color schemes, this list box is blank, and any changes you make to the session colors are saved in the session profile.
Save As	Click this button to display the Save Scheme dialog box. Using this dialog box, you can save the specified colors as a scheme.
Delete	Click this button to delete the color scheme displayed in the Scheme list box.
Click the item whose color you want to specify.	When you click the text and then click a color on the palette, you define the color of the text. When you click the area to the right of the text and then click a color on the palette, you define the color of the background. The current colors appear in this figure. You can also click the desired item from the Screen Item list box.
Screen Item	Click the type of text or background whose colors you want to specify. You can also click the desired item in the picture of the screen.
Click the color to use for the selected characters or background.

To specify text and background colors

If an ALC session is not already open, open one.
From the Options menu, click Settings.
From the Categories list box, click Colors.
In the picture of the screen, click the text whose color you want to change. To change the background color, click the area to the right of the text.

You can also click the desired item from the Screen Item list box. For example, to change the background color of blinking text, click Blinking Text Background from the Screen Item list box.
Click the color on the palette that you want to use for the selected text or background.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have specified all the desired colors for your ALC session.
To save the specified colors as a scheme that can be loaded at any time or associated with a recorded host screen, click Save As and complete the Save Scheme dialog box.

To create a color scheme

If an ALC session is not already open, open one.
From the Options menu, click Settings.
From the Categories list box, click Colors.
Specify the desired colors for the text and background.
Click Save As and complete the Save Scheme dialog box.

NOTE:Once you create a color scheme, you must always use a color scheme unless you delete the color scheme. Deleting a color scheme is the only way to remove an entry from the Scheme list box.

To apply a color scheme

If an ALC session is not already open, open one.
From the Options menu, click Settings.
From the Categories list box, click Colors.
From the Scheme list box, click the color scheme that you want to apply to the current session.

Do one of the following:

To	Do this
Apply the color scheme and close the Settings dialog box	Click OK.
Apply the color scheme but keep the Settings dialog box open	Click Apply.

To delete a color scheme

If an ALC session is not already open, open one.
From the Options menu, click Settings.
From the Categories list box, click Colors.
From the Scheme list box, click the color scheme that you want to delete.
Click Delete.