Two other points:

1) Open the shapesheet and check each geometry section to see what the
NoFill value is.
2) Open the shapesheet and make sure the last entry in each Geometry section
refers to the first entry. This will guarantee a closed loop.

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"John Goldsmith" wrote in message
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Fill is based on individual Geometry sections within the ShapeSheet.
Simply drawing a selection of 1D shapes and then grouping won't
necessarily create a single path and so there won't be anything to fill.
As Joe suggests you need to 'Join' your lines to create one or more
Geometry sections that can then accept a fill.

For a bit of background reading take a look at this link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.10).aspx

Best regards

John


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"jlschuck" wrote in message
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I made a shape using the arcs and lines. The shape is closed. I grouped
the
elements and then tried to format the fill. The dialog box for the format
fill function indicates that the fill of the shape is changed to the new
color, however when I look at the shape on the drawing it is still white.

Does anyone know what is wrong?