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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
According to the Help Topics for Publisher 2003, you can create text
shadows either by selecting the text and checking the shadow box in the "Format -- Font.." menu (in which case you have no control over the shadow) or by selecting the UNFILLED text box and clicking on a shadow style in the toolbar (in which case you supposedly have control over the shadow's attributes). There is even a sample in the help topic that shows the difference. However, whenever I select a text box, set the Fill property to "No Fill" and then choose a shadow style from the Shadow toolbar, Publisher automatically changes my text box's Fill attribute from "No fill" to "White", and then shadows the entire rectangular text box, not just the individual letters contained within the text box. If I then go to the Properites page for the text box and select "No Fill" after Publisher changes this to "White", I get no shadow at all, even though a shadow style still shows as selected in the shadow toolbar. Can anyone help me? |
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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
The shadow settings will only create a shadow to the text box, not the text.
When you are finished typing your text, copy the text box, paste, align the two text boxes, nudge until you get the shadow effect. You also can use WordArt. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Chris P" wrote in message oups.com... According to the Help Topics for Publisher 2003, you can create text shadows either by selecting the text and checking the shadow box in the "Format -- Font.." menu (in which case you have no control over the shadow) or by selecting the UNFILLED text box and clicking on a shadow style in the toolbar (in which case you supposedly have control over the shadow's attributes). There is even a sample in the help topic that shows the difference. However, whenever I select a text box, set the Fill property to "No Fill" and then choose a shadow style from the Shadow toolbar, Publisher automatically changes my text box's Fill attribute from "No fill" to "White", and then shadows the entire rectangular text box, not just the individual letters contained within the text box. If I then go to the Properites page for the text box and select "No Fill" after Publisher changes this to "White", I get no shadow at all, even though a shadow style still shows as selected in the shadow toolbar. Can anyone help me? |
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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
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.) |
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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
Hi Chris,
An unfilled object is an autoshape. Right-click the autoshape, click add text. I've tried this, it will not change the shadow color on the text. Believe me I tried all sorts of configurations and I still couldn't get the shadow on the text to change color. Maybe the help article is an error... How much text are you wanting to shadow? -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Chris P" wrote in message ups.com... 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.) |
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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
Hi Mary.
I think you're right -- I think the help article is erroneous. It seems to be a shared help article between Publisher 2003 and PowerPoint 2003, so maybe that feature is only available in PowerPoint 2003. (Or maybe there's a bug in Publisher 2003!) At any rate, I shadowed the text as you suggested by copying it and placing the copy behind and just below the original. It serves for now, but I can't do a softened shadow like you can in Photoshop. It's just the masthead of my newsletter. How could I report this possible bug in Publisher 2003 / discrepancy in the help file to Microsoft? Thanks, Chris |
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Control Text Shadow in Publisher 2003
Do you have PhotoShop? I can do softened shadows in Corel. There is a free
program here that is a step way up from Paint. http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ Post a comment here http://spaces.msn.com/publog/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Chris P" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Mary. I think you're right -- I think the help article is erroneous. It seems to be a shared help article between Publisher 2003 and PowerPoint 2003, so maybe that feature is only available in PowerPoint 2003. (Or maybe there's a bug in Publisher 2003!) At any rate, I shadowed the text as you suggested by copying it and placing the copy behind and just below the original. It serves for now, but I can't do a softened shadow like you can in Photoshop. It's just the masthead of my newsletter. How could I report this possible bug in Publisher 2003 / discrepancy in the help file to Microsoft? Thanks, Chris |
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