And, since you can almost always find at least two ways to do anything
in Word, here's another method:

In Format Font, set the font color to Automatic if it isn't already
set to that.

In Format Borders & Shading, on the Shading tab, make sure the
"Apply to" box is set to Paragraph. Select black fill, and click OK.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:13:10 -0400, "Anne Troy"
wrote:

Use the Drawing tools to draw a rectangular box and fill it with black; send
it behind text. Then change your font color to white.
See:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/d...oft_office.htm
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com


"MrsG1997" wrote in message
...
I want to create a black and white reverse panel at the top of a document.
This was easily done in WordPerfect. Is is possible in Word and how do I
do
this?