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Yes, you can definitely blur a font in Microsoft Word to make it barely legible. Here's how you can do it:
  1. First, select the text that you want to blur.
  2. Next, go to the "Home" tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
  3. Look for the "Font" section and click on the small arrow in the bottom right corner to open the "Font" dialog box.
  4. In the "Font" dialog box, click on the "Text Effects" button at the bottom.
  5. From the drop-down menu, select "Blur."
  6. You can adjust the degree of blur by moving the slider to the right or left. The further to the right you move the slider, the more blurred the text will become.
  7. Once you're happy with the level of blur, click "OK" to apply the effect.

Your text should now be blurred and barely legible. Keep in mind that this effect is not reversible, so make sure you're happy with the level of blur before applying it.
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By taking off my glasses?

Seriously - use a graphics program.

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Default Does anyone know how to blur a font to make it barely legible?

Or visit any of the hundreds of "free fonts" websites you can find
through Google, and pick a font that's already barely legible -- there
are tons of them.

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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:08:17 -0500, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]"
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By taking off my glasses?

Seriously - use a graphics program.

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Default Does anyone know how to blur a font to make it barely legible?

I found the blur font on Google but they are still too legible. I want it to
be really hard for someone to read. So, if I have to create it myself, what
program would be capable of blurring selected text but not everything?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Or visit any of the hundreds of "free fonts" websites you can find
through Google, and pick a font that's already barely legible -- there
are tons of them.

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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:08:17 -0500, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]"
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By taking off my glasses?

Seriously - use a graphics program.

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Default Does anyone know how to blur a font to make it barely legible?

If you aren't using a font that looks blurred, then the procedure is
to remove the text from the document and replace it with a blurred
picture of the text. That is, you can't just select some text in Word
and somehow blur it.

For that, JoAnn is correct -- use a graphics editor. You might be able
to use something as simple as Microsoft Paint -- take a screen shot of
the text, paste multiple copies into Paint and slightly offset each
one, and save the result as a .jpg or .gif file that you can import
into Word.

For better tools, but still free for download, you can try these:

IrfanView (www.irfanview.com)
Paint.Net (http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net)
the Drawing program in OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org)

Among commercial programs, you could look for CorelDraw, Paint Shop
Pro, or Adobe PhotoShop Elements. These are all available for sale in
stores and online.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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I found the blur font on Google but they are still too legible. I want it to
be really hard for someone to read. So, if I have to create it myself, what
program would be capable of blurring selected text but not everything?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Or visit any of the hundreds of "free fonts" websites you can find
through Google, and pick a font that's already barely legible -- there
are tons of them.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:08:17 -0500, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]"
wrote:

By taking off my glasses?

Seriously - use a graphics program.

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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Default Does anyone know how to blur a font to make it barely legible?

I'm right about taking off my glasses too but that blurs everything - the
text, pictures, monitor, office, cat on my lap..............

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If you aren't using a font that looks blurred, then the procedure is
to remove the text from the document and replace it with a blurred
picture of the text. That is, you can't just select some text in Word
and somehow blur it.

For that, JoAnn is correct -- use a graphics editor. You might be able
to use something as simple as Microsoft Paint -- take a screen shot of
the text, paste multiple copies into Paint and slightly offset each
one, and save the result as a .jpg or .gif file that you can import
into Word.

For better tools, but still free for download, you can try these:

IrfanView (www.irfanview.com)
Paint.Net (http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net)
the Drawing program in OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org)

Among commercial programs, you could look for CorelDraw, Paint Shop
Pro, or Adobe PhotoShop Elements. These are all available for sale in
stores and online.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 06:16:04 -0800, "bethgman"
wrote:

I found the blur font on Google but they are still too legible. I want it
to
be really hard for someone to read. So, if I have to create it myself,
what
program would be capable of blurring selected text but not everything?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Or visit any of the hundreds of "free fonts" websites you can find
through Google, and pick a font that's already barely legible -- there
are tons of them.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:08:17 -0500, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]"
wrote:

By taking off my glasses?

Seriously - use a graphics program.

--

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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