How can I do textured lines for text boxes in Office2007

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In Office 2003 Word allows textured lines around text boxes. In Word with
Office 2007 this functionality seems to be missing. Is there a way of doing
textured lines for Text boxes in Office 2007.

If not, why take this functionality away
 
In Office 2003 Word allows textured lines around text boxes. In Word with
Office 2007 this functionality seems to be missing. Is there a way of doing
textured lines for Text boxes in Office 2007.

If not, why take this functionality away
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The control has been moved, not eliminated. When the text box is selected, the
Text Box Tools tab appears on the ribbon. Click the Shape Outline button in the
Text Box Styles group, and choose Pattern from the dropdown.

I don't know why the Pattern choice was removed from the Format Text Box
dialog's line color dropdown. Maybe it was an oversight when the dropdown was
changed to include the theme colors, or maybe someone thought it was a "good
idea" :-(
 
You are correct that the variety of formatting available for text box
borders has been reduced in Word 2007. Another complaint has been that "Line
Style" is not available for drawing lines. It is hard to see why this
functionality has been removed, but at least you're not missing
anything--the features just aren't there.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
Maybe it's just my poor eyeballs, but I don't see any way to get a textured line
in Word 2003, either. There's a Texture tab on the Fill Effects dialog, but the
line color offers only colors and patterns. It doesn't matter how I try to get
there:
- Format Text Box > Line Color
- Drawing toolbar > Line Color
- Format > Borders and Shading (which opens Format Text Box)
- In a macro, there's ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Line.Pattern but there is no
Texture-related property for .Line; if you're working with the .Fill you can
use the ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).Fill.UserTextured method to load a
graphics file, or .Fill.PresetTextured to pick a built-in one.
 
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