If you want to change the color of the shadow on text, you will have to use
WordArt.

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"Chachilynch" wrote in message
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I'm trying to change the shadow color of text in the text box. I can
change
the color of the shadows for drawing objects just fine, but options in the
shadow toolbox are not available when highliting text.