Although I use both the "Shadow" and the "Shadow Formatting" tools regularly,
I did try changing the color scheme of my presentation (just in case) and it
still had no effect. Thanks anyway.

"Echo S" wrote:

Off the top of my head, I think this is the case:

The shadow that the "shadow color" in the color scheme controls is the
shadow you add via the tool on the drawing toolbar. It defaults to whatever
you've set in the color scheme, but you can change this color in the shadow
tool.

You can't control the shadow (either color or placement) in the *text
shadow* tool, which is on your standard or formatting toolbar. This color is
determined by your text color and background color and is usually white,
black or grey, but ISTR I did see another color once -- I had to really work
to get it, though!

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"Baudhopper" wrote in message
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For several years I have used the "Shadow" feature (standard on the PPT
toolbar) with my text to make it show up better on my backgrounds.
Normally,
the shadow color depends on the color of the background (i.e., with a
black
background, text is automatically given a white shadow; white background -
text is automatically given a black shadow) which is changeable through
the
"Shadow Color" tool. Lately, the shadow color appears as grey and is not
changeable. How can I correct this issue so that my shadow returns to
"normal" and changeable?