Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Controlling Colors

Without color, your drawing objects are merely outlines. Word enables you to choose from a full range of colors—including shades of gray—to fill your objects, change your borders, and modify your text. In addition, you can fill your shapes with multicolor gradient blends, preset textures, and even user-selectable pictures.

CAUTION

Not all printers and monitors accurately reproduce the colors you choose. If accurate color is important, print a test copy, or display a test file using the monitor/printer combination where you expect your document to be viewed.

Changing Fills and Line Colors

Shapes you create with Word's drawing tools (except for lines and arrows) have two parts that can be colored. Although the interior fill color ...