Microsoft KB Archive/91717

= PPT: Text Shadow Color Not Affected by Color Scheme =

Article ID: 91717

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c

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This article was previously published under Q91717





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 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.



PowerPoint 4.0 and 7.0
Rather than using the text shadow effect from the Format Font dialog box or the Text Shadow toolbar button, use the Shadow option on the Format menu.
 * 1) Select the entire text object.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Shadow.
 * 3) Select the desired shadow color in the Color box.
 * 4) Set the offset variables to 3 points.

Using the Shadow option from the Format menu offers flexibility in the direction of the shadow as well as the color. The Text Shadow option allows only a shadow down and to the right.

PowerPoint 3.0
The color of a text shadow can be varied by changing the third position in the Color Scheme, (available by clicking Color Scheme on the Slide menu) with the following exceptions:   Text                Background  Shadow --

Black              Not white   White White              Not white   Black Any color          Not white   Black (other than  black &amp; white) Object shadows are not affected by these conditions, and always follow the third position of the Color Scheme for the slide to which the object shadow is applied.

Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 4.00a 4.00c win31 3rd ppt30 ppt95 winppt

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB91717

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