WD: How to Use an EQ Field to Shade a Word

ID: Q110285

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SUMMARY

In early versions of Microsoft Word, you can shade words only by using a Word 6.0 embedded object or the EQ field to overstrike text with shading.

NOTE: In Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, you can apply shading to sections of text as well as paragraphs so this workaround is not needed.

MORE INFORMATION

To shade words you want, use the appropriate method for your version of Word.

Microsoft Word Version 6.x - 7.0

1. Place the insertion point where you want the shaded word to appear.

2. On the Insert menu, click Object.

3. Select Microsoft Word 6.0 Document.

4. Type the word you want and shade it.

5. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Document."

6. The object appears too wide. Position the item so it is the correct 

   size.
This is not an exact method; you may need to adjust the position of the characters in the word slightly. After selecting the word, follow these steps:

1. On the Format menu, click Font.

2. Select the Character Spacing tab.

3. Click Position, Subscript or Superscript.

4. Change the "by:" item to a correct number.

5. Click OK.

Microsoft Word 2.x - 7.0

1. Place the insertion point where you want the shaded word to appear.

2. Press CTRL+F9 (on Word for the Macintosh use command+F9) to insert 

   field braces in the document.
3. Inside the field braces, type "eq \O(word,)" (without the quotation 
   marks).
4. Place the insertion point directly after the comma. On the Insert 
   menu, click Symbol.

    Word version 2.0: In the Symbols From list, select MS LineDraw.
    Word version 6.x - 7.0: In the Font list, select MS LineDraw.
5. Select the shading character you want, and click OK.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as many times as there are letters in the word to 

   be shaded.
This is not an exact method; you may need to adjust the spacing of the characters in the word slightly. After selecting the word, use the appropriate method below for your version of Word.

Word Version 2.0

1. On the Format menu, click Character.

2. In the Character Spacing box, select Condensed or Expanded. Click OK.

Word Version 6.x - 7.0

1. On the Format menu, click Font.

2. Select the Character Spacing tab.

3. In the Spacing box, select Condensed or Expanded. Click OK.

Additional query words: shade word 

Keywords          : wordnt kbfield winword ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a- CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a;MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 4, 1998