Echo,

After typing text on a PPT slide, I format it by selecting the "shadow"
option to make the text look bolder. However, I may have solved my problem
upon discovering that when I click the edge of a text box (a dash rectangular
box) , it becomes a solid line rectangular box (is this a text placeholder?).
Now I can format everything in the text placeholder and the formatting is
fixed unless I change it later. This is not the case with a text box. Hope
this clarifies my explanation.

Thanks.

"Echo S" wrote:

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the text has "faded." Could you
give us a bit more information there? Is this during slide show view or when
you're editing or what?

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"MoPete99" wrote in message
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Hi Community,

How do I prevent shadowed text from fading in a PPT file that has been
used
and reopened. After each use of a PPT file with shadowed text, upon
reopening the file a day or so later, some of the shadowed text will have
faded, but still show the shadow. Help, help!

Thank you in advance.