Microsoft KB Archive/115274

Use WordArt to Create Gray Text When Using a PaintJet Driver

PSS ID Number: Q115274 Article last modified on 09-10-1996

3.10

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

Although it is possible to color text gray on the screen in many applications, the Hewlett-Packard (HP) PaintJet and PaintJet XL drivers that ship with Windows 3.1 cannot print gray TrueType text. To get gray text, you can use the WordArt tool.

= MORE INFORMATION =

WordArt, which converts text you type into a graphic, is shipped with Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Publisher, and other Microsoft applications. In WordArt, you can set the color of the WordArt graphic to gray.

To run WordArt from a Microsoft application:


 * 1) Choose Insert Object from the Edit menu, or choose Object from the Insert menu.
 * 2) From the list of objects, choose Microsoft WordArt.
 * 3) When you are finished working in WordArt, choose OK. The WordArt object then appears in your document.

For more information about the HP PaintJet XL 300 driver, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

paintjet and unidrv.dll and dmcolor.dll

Additional reference words: 3.00 power point grey paint jet word art macppt winppt powerpt true type KBCategory: kbtool kbprint kb3rdparty KBSubcategory:

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