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From: jcb2647@cec1.wustl.edu (James Christopher Beard)
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Subject: Re: Word question
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Date: 9 Mar 90 05:03:45 GMT
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In article <5284@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>Is it possible to make Word print greyscale text?

Yes, but "make" is the right word.  If you are outputting to a
postscript device, there are a couple of ways to do it.  One is to
create the text in Cricket Draw, which includes "Intensity" under
"Text Attributes": you can set the intensity of the text to 50% or
whatever and paste it into Word as a graphic.  It would seem to make more
sense to  create the text in Word, copy it as a picture
(command-option-D), paste it into Cricket Draw, alter the intensity of
the desired portion, and bring it back into Word with all the spacing
and positioning, etc., intact, but that doesn't seem to work since
Cricket Draw perversely messes up the spatial relationships of the
text objects it imports, defeating the purpose.  Also, remember to
save all work before ever invoking or changing the focus to Cricket
Draw, since it is an all-time champ at crashing machines.  MacDraw
handles imported text much better, but at least the old version I use
doesn't allow varying text intensity.  I don't see a way for Canvas to
do this, either.

Another alternative is (ulp) writing a bit of PostScript code that
places the gray text on the page in the place you want, and then
applying the PostScript style to the code.  You won't see it in
pictorial form at all on the screen, but if the code is correct it
will print out.  Word comes with some sample documents that
demonstrate this sort of thing.