Shadow with feather edge

How can I make the diffuse shadow or feathered edge shadow effect? It's used under all the icons on the Shape menu.

This has been driving me nuts too. I don't know of any feature for feathered
shadows in Visio. I have been able to simulate it a bit by using the shape
sheet and shadow patterns.

As an example:

- draw a circle
- give it a shadow with the "radial gradient" fill pattern
- Window Show ShapeSheet
- ShdwForegrnd = 0 (black)
- ShdwBkgrnd = 0 (black)
- ShdwForegndTrans = 0
- ShdwBkgrndTrans = 100%

This will make a gradient fill that flows from opaque-black to
transparent-black, and looks nicely feathered. Problem is that it's not so
good for irregularly shaped objects.


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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


"Tom" wrote in message
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How can I make the diffuse shadow or feathered edge shadow effect? It's
used under all the icons on the Shape menu.