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PPT97: Text Shadow Color Not Affected by Color Scheme

Article ID: 190095

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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SYMPTOMS

The text shadow color in PowerPoint is not affected by the shadow color in the slide color scheme.

If the slide background, or text box, fill color is anything other than white and the text color is anything but black, the text shadow color is black. If the text color is black, the text shadow color is white.

CAUSE

The color of a text shadow in PowerPoint is limited and dependent on the color of the text and the Background color of the slide.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Select the text you want to apply a shadow to.
  2. On the Drawing toolbar, click Shadow.
  3. Choose the shadow effect from the palette or click Shadow Settings to manually adjust the shadow position and color.

Additional query words: 8.00 3rd winppt ppt8

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