Hi Mary.

Thanks for the info. What I'm wondering, though, is that the Microsoft
Publisher 2003 help seems to indicate that you CAN shadow just the text
in a text box, as long as the text box has its fill set to "No Fill".
There is even an example of contrasting shadowing a Filled text box and
an Unfilled text box, but I can't figure out how to make it work. I
wonder if this is a feature that the help incorrectly describes.

Here is a copy of the text from Help. Notice point 2:

About text shadows and 3-D effects

Depending on the effect you want, you can shadow or emboss text in
three different ways:

1. Add a shadow or embossed effect directly to the text. When you use
this method, you can't change such shadow features as offset or color.

2. Add a shadow or embossed effect to an unfilled object that contains
text. With this method, the text takes on the same shadow options as
the object, and you can control and change shadow features.

3. Insert WordArt- a drawing object (drawing object: Any graphic you
draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects
include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt.) that contains special
text effects such as shadowing and perspective.

Add shadow directly to text

Add shadow to a text box (text box: A movable, resizable container for
text or graphics. Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on
a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in the
document.) (unfilled object)

Add WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects
to which you can apply additional formatting options.)