"pattern" in Word 2003?

Wow, I never got that impression at all.

Okay Chris - inquiring minds want to know. Exactly what did you have in
mind? :-)

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"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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I've followed, but not contributed to this thread because I didn't
understand it either.

Most likely Chris wants to be able to type around/along a shape such as
following the circumference of a circle or the slope of a line.

Terry Farrell

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Yes, the follow-up post, though still not very informative, did seem to
suggest that rather than a "shape."

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"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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I think you may got it right with text that's filled with a pattern.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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We may never know. I wanted to clarify whether he/she was trying to
force words into a shape (such as a circle).

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"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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I thought maybe he was talking about highlighting words with a pattern
instead of a solid color but that just didn't seem like a good idea.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I still don't know exactly what you mean, but I assume you want
letters (as opposed to "words") with a pattern fill. The only way to
accomplish this is with WordArt.

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"Chris" wrote in message
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On Thu 15 May 2008 18:59:42, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

What sort of pattern? We need a fuller description.



When I asked how to add a pattern to selected words, I meant
patterns
like:

dots, slant lines, vertical lines, horizontal lines, criss-cross
lines,
etc.

Also would it be possible to create a button on the toobar which
gives
direct access to a selection of these patterns?

That was the third possibility Chris's original wording suggested, so I
guess we've now covered the waterfront (and may never hear from Chris
again).

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"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:844c3705cbd6c@uwe...
If what you want is shading or crosshatching behind your text, go to
borders
and shading and select the shading tab. (Here's where my memory of W2003
screens fades a bit, so I'll just tell you what I see in W2007.) In W2007
there is a section called Patterns. In the selection box, scroll past the
percent gray selections to get to the crosshatching patterns.

Yes, you should be able to record a macro to do this quickly. Note,
though,
that a macro set up to add crosshatching to a a regular text paragraph
might
not work as expected in a table or text box.

PamC



Chris wrote:
I have Word 2003.

How do I add a pattern to selected text?

Is it possible to create a button on the toobar which gives access to
this quickly?

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