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How can I print field shading in Word?
I have a form in Word that has gray shading in the fields that users enter
information in and I need to print a blank copy to use as a display that has those shaded areas. |
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How can I print field shading in Word?
Field shading is a non-printing attribute. You can either take a screen shot
and include that picture in the document you print, or manually apply shading to the fields. (Select the shaded field area, Format - Borders and Shading - Shading tab, and apply the fill that corresponds to Word's non-printing field shading.) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Penny D" wrote in message ... I have a form in Word that has gray shading in the fields that users enter information in and I need to print a blank copy to use as a display that has those shaded areas. |
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How can I print field shading in Word?
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Field shading is a non-printing attribute. snip ....Which is very deceptive because the shading _does_ show up in Print Preview if you have the Field Shading button pressed on the Forms Toolbar. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac |
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How can I print field shading in Word?
Yep. But, imagine how ticked off users would be if the shading DID print.
:-) For the OP, here's a quick way to shade all of the fields in a document so that the shading will print. First, create a new character style, and call it something like FieldShade. The name isn't important. It must be a character style, though. Next press Alt+F9 to toggle all fields so that they display as field codes rather than field results (i.e., { date } rather than May 4, 2007). Now, press Ctrl+H. In Find what:, put ^d. This will match any field. Click in Replace with:, then click the More button. Click Format - Style, and set the style to your character shading style (e.g., FieldShade). Replace with: should be empty, with only the Style: indicator right below the empty Replace with: field. Click Replace All. When you're done, press Alt+F9 to turn field results back on. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message ... snip "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Field shading is a non-printing attribute. snip ...Which is very deceptive because the shading _does_ show up in Print Preview if you have the Field Shading button pressed on the Forms Toolbar. -- Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac |
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