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Word allows you to insert all sorts of simple graphic elements in your documents. This is typically done through the use of the Drawing toolbar. You normally display the toolbar, then choose a shape you want to create and place it within the document.
Word allows you to add shadows to your graphic shapes in order to give them a "three dimensional" look and feel. You add the shadows by selecting the graphic object, clicking on the Shadow tool on the Drawing toolbar, and then picking the type of shadow you want applied.
That is all fine and good, but what if you want to move the shadow a bit to the left or change the color or density of the shadow? If you want to fine-tune your shadow, follow these steps once the shadow is in place:
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2016-03-24 13:40:45
Mona Brown
In my document, I downloaded a very short "word test" doc which was shadowed into a blue box. But, when I continued beyond the box onto my own document, the blue box continued forward with my document.....
How do I get rid of the shadowed box and not lose the information?
Using Word 2002.
Thank you.
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