>Don't add the COLOR command to the DEFINE PAD, add it to the DEFINE BAR. In other words, don't put it on the main entries in the Menu Designer, but only on sub-menu entries.

Thanks Fred, that was it! I guess I'll have to start reading all of a post rather than just scanning and grabbing a few phrases that jump out at me... (you know - kind of a scatter-brain gather-nothing methodology). Thanks again! Renoir