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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
I have used the drop shadow feature before and the shadow settings tools.
Something strange is happening now in the document. I have three photos in there. One of them I could get the drop shadow to work fine. But not the other two. The strange thing is that I noticed on one I'd hit the down arrowed button in the setting box many times (a little release of frustration). I then started hitting Ctrl-Z to undo several times. As I did this I noticed a VERY faint shadow on the right side moving up as I was undoing my down arrow button pushes. So it was sort of like the shadow was there, but it just isn't showing up. What am I missing? Thanks. |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
KMM wrote:
I have used the drop shadow feature before and the shadow settings tools. Something strange is happening now in the document. I have three photos in there. One of them I could get the drop shadow to work fine. But not the other two. The strange thing is that I noticed on one I'd hit the down arrowed button in the setting box many times (a little release of frustration). I then started hitting Ctrl-Z to undo several times. As I did this I noticed a VERY faint shadow on the right side moving up as I was undoing my down arrow button pushes. So it was sort of like the shadow was there, but it just isn't showing up. What am I missing? The easiest way to check whether the shadow is really there or not is to print a PDF file (either Save As PDF in Publisher 2007, or use PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com for older versions). It sounds like the problem may lie with your video driver - see the fourth FAQ at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs for details on this. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
But I've used it before and seen the drop shadow. And in the current
newsletter, I see the shadow on one of the photo's, but not the other two. And two of them came from the same camera, taken at the same time, etc. One of them works and one doesn't. When the screen loads the page, I see a quick flash of the shadow behind the picture before the picture pops on (a very quick flash - like less than a second). I know it's back there, it's just not showing how it's nudged down and to the right. I did print to pdf and didn't see it. "Ed Bennett" wrote: KMM wrote: I have used the drop shadow feature before and the shadow settings tools. Something strange is happening now in the document. I have three photos in there. One of them I could get the drop shadow to work fine. But not the other two. The strange thing is that I noticed on one I'd hit the down arrowed button in the setting box many times (a little release of frustration). I then started hitting Ctrl-Z to undo several times. As I did this I noticed a VERY faint shadow on the right side moving up as I was undoing my down arrow button pushes. So it was sort of like the shadow was there, but it just isn't showing up. What am I missing? The easiest way to check whether the shadow is really there or not is to print a PDF file (either Save As PDF in Publisher 2007, or use PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com for older versions). It sounds like the problem may lie with your video driver - see the fourth FAQ at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs for details on this. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
Did you look at the FAQ Ed suggested?
"KMM" wrote in message ... But I've used it before and seen the drop shadow. And in the current newsletter, I see the shadow on one of the photo's, but not the other two. And two of them came from the same camera, taken at the same time, etc. One of them works and one doesn't. When the screen loads the page, I see a quick flash of the shadow behind the picture before the picture pops on (a very quick flash - like less than a second). I know it's back there, it's just not showing how it's nudged down and to the right. I did print to pdf and didn't see it. "Ed Bennett" wrote: KMM wrote: I have used the drop shadow feature before and the shadow settings tools. Something strange is happening now in the document. I have three photos in there. One of them I could get the drop shadow to work fine. But not the other two. The strange thing is that I noticed on one I'd hit the down arrowed button in the setting box many times (a little release of frustration). I then started hitting Ctrl-Z to undo several times. As I did this I noticed a VERY faint shadow on the right side moving up as I was undoing my down arrow button pushes. So it was sort of like the shadow was there, but it just isn't showing up. What am I missing? The easiest way to check whether the shadow is really there or not is to print a PDF file (either Save As PDF in Publisher 2007, or use PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com for older versions). It sounds like the problem may lie with your video driver - see the fourth FAQ at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs for details on this. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
Yes, I did go through that suggestion. When I changed the accelerator I still
could not see the shadow on the two photos. The FAQ then suggests that it would be the video driver. But if it's the video driver, wouldn't it be the case that I couldn't see the shadow on the third photo? Or the other photos in other documents I've used the tool on? Those see to work fine. "Mary Sauer" wrote: Did you look at the FAQ Ed suggested? "KMM" wrote in message ... But I've used it before and seen the drop shadow. And in the current newsletter, I see the shadow on one of the photo's, but not the other two. And two of them came from the same camera, taken at the same time, etc. One of them works and one doesn't. When the screen loads the page, I see a quick flash of the shadow behind the picture before the picture pops on (a very quick flash - like less than a second). I know it's back there, it's just not showing how it's nudged down and to the right. I did print to pdf and didn't see it. "Ed Bennett" wrote: KMM wrote: I have used the drop shadow feature before and the shadow settings tools. Something strange is happening now in the document. I have three photos in there. One of them I could get the drop shadow to work fine. But not the other two. The strange thing is that I noticed on one I'd hit the down arrowed button in the setting box many times (a little release of frustration). I then started hitting Ctrl-Z to undo several times. As I did this I noticed a VERY faint shadow on the right side moving up as I was undoing my down arrow button pushes. So it was sort of like the shadow was there, but it just isn't showing up. What am I missing? The easiest way to check whether the shadow is really there or not is to print a PDF file (either Save As PDF in Publisher 2007, or use PrimoPDF from www.primopdf.com for older versions). It sounds like the problem may lie with your video driver - see the fourth FAQ at http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/FAQs for details on this. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
KMM wrote:
But if it's the video driver, wouldn't it be the case that I couldn't see the shadow on the third photo? Or the other photos in other documents I've used the tool on? Those see to work fine. No, video drivers can be crazy and inconsistent things. It's almost always worth trying updating those to the latest version before you try anything else. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
I love that you say they can be crazy! I've always laughed that often don't
think there's much science in computer science.... (yes, I recognize that this isn't really computer science...) So if you will help me again. How do I go about finding updated video drivers? My computer is several years old and is a Dell, which you say are slow in providing updated drivers. Pardon my ignorance, but to find out what my video information is to hunt down a driver where do I look? In device manager? Probably not? Hardware? I really appreciate it! "Ed Bennett" wrote: KMM wrote: But if it's the video driver, wouldn't it be the case that I couldn't see the shadow on the third photo? Or the other photos in other documents I've used the tool on? Those see to work fine. No, video drivers can be crazy and inconsistent things. It's almost always worth trying updating those to the latest version before you try anything else. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
KMM wrote:
I love that you say they can be crazy! I've always laughed that often don't think there's much science in computer science.... (yes, I recognize that this isn't really computer science...) So if you will help me again. How do I go about finding updated video drivers? My computer is several years old and is a Dell, which you say are slow in providing updated drivers. Pardon my ignorance, but to find out what my video information is to hunt down a driver where do I look? In device manager? Probably not? Hardware? I really appreciate it! ==================================== XP or Vista? Desktop or Laptop? -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
KMM wrote:
So if you will help me again. How do I go about finding updated video drivers? My computer is several years old and is a Dell, which you say are slow in providing updated drivers. Pardon my ignorance, but to find out what my video information is to hunt down a driver where do I look? In device manager? Probably not? Hardware? If you haven't changed from the default hardware that came with your machine, then you can simply go to http://support.dell.com/ and look for your computer in the Drivers and Downloads section. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Drop shadows not showing up...sort of
It's a desktop with XP. I'll have to go back to the paperwork that came with
it to find out what model. "John Inzer" wrote: KMM wrote: I love that you say they can be crazy! I've always laughed that often don't think there's much science in computer science.... (yes, I recognize that this isn't really computer science...) So if you will help me again. How do I go about finding updated video drivers? My computer is several years old and is a Dell, which you say are slow in providing updated drivers. Pardon my ignorance, but to find out what my video information is to hunt down a driver where do I look? In device manager? Probably not? Hardware? I really appreciate it! ==================================== XP or Vista? Desktop or Laptop? -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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