DOCUMENT:Q91717 15-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: Text Shadow Color Not Affected by Color Scheme PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbusage ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. WORKAROUND ========== 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 & 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 : kbusage Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt300 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a Version : WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0 Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.