Transparent text box ?

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WaltA

I have a text box with a picture fill background and some text.
Now I want to add a small text box with some more text in it at a
different orientation (a title) but I want this second smaller box to
have a transparent background so that the picture shows through. I
have found the Draw > Fill Color > More Fill Colors > Semitransparent
tick-box which nearly (!) does what I want, how do I make it fully
transparent ?

Word 2000
Windows ME

thanks.
 
W

WaltA

Draw > Fill Color > More Fill Colors > Semitransparent
tick-box which nearly (!) does what I want, how do I make it fully
transparent ?

Dont worry ! I solved it !!
"No Fill"

But it would still be nice to be able to vary the degree of
transparency ( for future ref )
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

This must be one of the things that was improved in Word 2002 or 2003, as
the Lines and Colors tab of Format Text Box in Word 2003 has a slider for
transparency, keyed to a spin box that can be adjusted from 0% to 100%.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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W

WaltA

This must be one of the things that was improved in Word 2002 or 2003, as
the Lines and Colors tab of Format Text Box in Word 2003 has a slider for
transparency, keyed to a spin box that can be adjusted from 0% to 100%.

Thanks,
I expected that something like that would show up somewhere upon
ticking the box, but it didnt.

! dont see anything like that, neither in Format Text Box > Colors and
Lines (only a tick box for semitransparent next to Fill)
nor in either the Fill Color or Line Color tools on the Draw toolbar,
both of which have semitransparent tick boxes only :-(

So, yes, it must have been an oversight that got cured in 2002/3
I wonder if I can upgrade my 2000 , probably not because it was
bundled with the computer by the OEM.

Seems an odd lack, to only provide one fixed level of partial
transparency !
ho-hum
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I think OEM versions qualify for an upgrade. Student and Teacher edition
does not, but I think it's the only one.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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