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From: 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: * Word cells: possible to shade?
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.155921.29985@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 20:59:21 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.195647.15530@njitgw.njit.edu> <1991Apr21.133421.23593@dhw68k.cts.com>
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In article <1991Apr21.133421.23593@dhw68k.cts.com>, bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) writes:
> In article <1991Apr15.195647.15530@njitgw.njit.edu> Mike writes:
> |	Using Word 4.0D, is it possible to shade cells? I know you can
> |change the text color and border line types, but the docs say nothing
> |about shading the cells themselves. Any help? Please leave E-mail.

Use 'Copy as Picture' to get cell on clipboard, paste into MacDraw or
some such, apply shaded background, cut, get back into Word, paste, and
then tinker around *endlessly* with negative line spacing numbers
and/or absolute positioning in order to get it to come out right.
It's doable, but a royal pain in the ass.  The one good thing is
that Word does come pretty close to clipping tone block to the
defined cell boundaries right and bottom, so you don't have to be very
precise about those from inside MacDraw or whatever.

Christopher Gunn	Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab
SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN	Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall
913-864-4428 or -4495	University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS  66045