Can anybody advise how to apply a hatch fill to an object and also adjust the
transparency of the fill. I could do it in 2003 version but am struggling
with 2007.

Thanks

Pattern fills were removed in PPT 2007. (They're back in PPT 2010, though.)

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"Brian Mooney" <Brian (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can anybody advise how to apply a hatch fill to an object and also adjust
> the
> transparency of the fill. I could do it in 2003 version but am struggling
> with 2007.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Hi Brian

As Echo said, they are gone. However, there are a couple of workarounds:
No more Pattern Fills in PowerPoint 2007
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00925.htm

Lucy

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"Brian Mooney" <Brian (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can anybody advise how to apply a hatch fill to an object and also adjust
> the
> transparency of the fill. I could do it in 2003 version but am struggling
> with 2007.
>
> Thanks
>
>

As well as above this may help:
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/2007_Pattern_Fill.html
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"Brian Mooney" wrote:

> Can anybody advise how to apply a hatch fill to an object and also adjust the
> transparency of the fill. I could do it in 2003 version but am struggling
> with 2007.
>
> Thanks
>
>