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


John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk
www.visualSignals.co.uk

"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?