Fill an object or text with a PANTONE® spot or PANTONE® process color

If you are working with a commercial printing service to produce your publication, be sure you go over any color changes you want with someone from the service.

Fill an object or text with a PANTONE process color

Before you begin this task, make sure your publication is set up for process-color printing (Tools menu, Commercial Printing Tools, Color Printing).

  1. Right-click the object or the text you want to fill, and then click Format <object>. For example, to fill an AutoShape, click Format AutoShape.
  2. Click the Colors and Lines tab.
  3. Under Fill, click the arrow next to the Color box, and then click More Colors.

  4. Click the Custom tab.
  5. In the Color model list, click PANTONE.
  6. Click the PANTONE Process tab.
  7. Select the color you want, and then click OK.

    You can select colors by clicking a color swatch. If you know the color name, you can type it in the Find Color Name box.

Fill an object or text with a PANTONE spot color

  1. Set up your publication for spot-color printing and specify a PANTONE spot color.

    How?

    1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, and then click Color Printing.
    2. Click Spot Color(s).
    3. Click Add to add a new PANTONE spot color, or click Modify to change an existing spot color.
    4. Click the Custom tab.
    5. In the Color model list, click PANTONE.
    6. Click the PANTONE Solid tab.
    7. On the Custom tab, click P ANTONE in the Color Model list.
    8. On the PANTONE Solid tab, click the color swatch you want.
    9. To select an additional spot color, click Add.

  2. Right-click the object or text you want to fill, and then click Format.
  3. Under Fill, click the arrow next to the Color box, and then click the color you want on the palette.