I'm out of ideas for now; but rather than reinstall, try Help, Detect & Repair to see
if that does any good.


In article , Baudhopper wrote:
Yes, this is happening on all new presentations that I create and on new text
I add to old ones. The toolbar Shadow command works, as noted, but always
presents as a light grey. The Shadow Format tool is greyed out. I'm at a
complete loss. The only thing I can think to do is to reinstall the program
- rather a radical move though.

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

Does this happen with only certain presentations or all presentations?
What if you start from scratch with a new blank presentation?

Are both tools grayed out or are they enabled (but clicking them has no effect)?

In article , Baudhopper wrote:
Yes, as I mentioned, I use the Shadow Formatting Tool all the time. But,
normally, the "Shadow" feature, by itself, on the main toolbar handles the
text just fine. The one big difference in the two features is that the
toolbar Shadow feature does not allow you to move the shadow, whereas the
Shadow Formatting Tool does (and lets you choose the color). Now, neither of
these tools is functioning properly for me.

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

In article , Baudhopper
wrote:
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?

Have you tried using the more general shadow formatting tool on the Drawing
toolbar? It lets you set color, offset (horizontal and vertical) and several
other features for any type of shape, text included.


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PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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