word2007 Add or remove the fill, outline, or effect of text or WordArt

Overview of fills, outlines, and effects

Padding is the internal color of letters in WordArt text or in text on Office PowerPoint 2007 slides. When you change the fill color of text, you can also add a texture, picture, or gradient to the fill. Gradients are a gradual transition of color and shading, usually from one color to another, or from one shade to another shade of the same color.

An outline is an outer border around each character of a literal or WordArt. You can also adjust the color, weight, and style of the line when you change the outline of the text.

Effects can increase the depth or prominence of text in WordArt or text on a slide. You can add a combination of individual effects to the following 2007 text in the Microsoft Office System program: Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

You can also format text in a WordArt or on a slide by using the options in the Font group on the Start tab, and for Office Outlook 2007, you can use the options in the basic Text group on the Mailings tab to format the text.

Add or change the fill of text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to add a fill to.

2. Under WordArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then do one of the following:

To add or change a fill color, click the color you want. To select No color, click No Fill Color.

If you click No Fill color, the text will not be visible unless you previously added an outline to the text.

To change to a collection of colors that are not part of the theme colors theme colors: The files used. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects form a theme. , click More Fill Colors, and then click the color you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. If you later change the document theme: a unified set of design elements, use colors, fonts, and graphics to set the appearance of the document. , the colors and custom colors on the Standard tab are not updated.

To add or change a fill picture, click Picture, locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to use, click the picture, and then click Insert.

If you select multiple pieces of text that are not contiguous and apply a picture fill, each selected text will be filled with the entire picture. A picture cannot span multiple selected text.

To add or change a fill gradient, point to Gradient, and then click the gradient variant that you want.

To customize the gradient, click More gradients, and then select the options that you want.

To add or change a fill texture, point to texture, and then click the texture that you want.

To customize the texture, click More textures, and then select the options that you want.

Add or change the outline of a text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to add an outline to.

2. Under WordArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Shape Outline, and then do one of the following:

To add or change the outline color, click the color you want. To select No color, click No outline.

To change to a collection of colors that are not part of the theme colors theme colors: The files used. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects form a theme. , click More Outline Colors, and then click the color you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. If you later change the document theme: a unified set of design elements, use colors, fonts, and graphics to set the appearance of the document. , the colors and custom colors on the Standard tab are not updated.

To add or change the thickness of an outline, point to Weight, and then click the thickness you want.

To customize the weight, click More lines, and then select the options that you want.

To add an outline or change the outline to a point or dashed line, point to dashed, and then click the style that you want.

To customize the style, click More lines, and then select the options that you want.

To add or change a pattern, click Pattern, and then click the option that you want.

Add or change the effect of a text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to add an effect to.

2. Under the WordArt tool, on the Format tab, do one of the following:

To add or change a shadow, in the shadow effects group, click Shadow Effects, and then click the shadow that you want.

To customize the shadow color, point to shadow Color, and then click the color that you want.

To change to a collection of colors that are not part of the theme colors theme colors: The files used. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects form a theme. , click More Shadow Colors, and then on the Standard tab, click the color you want, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. If you later change the document theme: a unified set of design elements, use colors, fonts, and graphics to set the appearance of the document. , the colors and custom colors on the Standard tab are not updated.

To add a three-dimensional effect, click Three-dimensional effects, click the second three-dimensional effect, and then select the options that you want.

Remove a fill from text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to remove the fill from.

2. Under WordArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill.

Remove an outline from text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to remove the outline from.

2. Under WordArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Shape Outline, and then click No outline.

Remove an effect from text or WordArt

1. Click the WordArt you want to remove the effect from.

2. Under the WordArt tool, on the Format tab, do one of the following:

To remove a shadow, in the shadow effects group, click Shadow Effects, and then click No shadow Effect.

To remove a three-dimensional effect, click Three-dimensional effect, click the second three-dimensional effect, and then click No preset.

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