[Tex/LaTex] changing the default color using the changes package

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I've been giving the changes package a try, but have been unable to figure out how to change the default color for changes. There does not seem any obvious way to do so. I'm using version 5.2 in TeX Live 2009. The current version is 5.4 but not much has changed. For example, the default for added text is blue, but I don't see any way to change this to something other than blue. I see there is some option to add author-specific colorcoding (using \definechangesauthor), but I don't want that. I just want to change the default. At first glance, it looks like passing a color option to xcolor might work (something like \usepackage[xcolor=orange]{changes}), but it doesn't do anything.

Best Answer

Just a short explanation: you have to change AuthorColor too, otherwise the authorname is still blue in the list of changes.

Greetings, Ekkart.

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And some images, showing the titlepage and the first frame of every section in the example; the images illustrate the automatic change of color desired for every section and the colored background in the navigation bar.

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