[Riptide55]

Is it possible to add a custom graphic to the "Borders and Shading" -
"Shading" - "Patterns: Styles" pull-down menu? There are some built-ins like
DK Horizontal, but I have a custom graphic that I would like to fill a table
cell with. I can find nothing on how to do this.

[Jay Freedman]

On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:01:01 -0700, Riptide55
wrote:

Is it possible to add a custom graphic to the "Borders and Shading" -
"Shading" - "Patterns: Styles" pull-down menu? There are some built-ins like
DK Horizontal, but I have a custom graphic that I would like to fill a table
cell with. I can find nothing on how to do this.

That's not possible. What you can do is add a text box to the cell, then Format
Text Box Fill Color Fill Effects Picture. Then set the text box to
Behind Text wrapping.

It would be best to do this after all editing is complete, because the text box
won't automatically resize with the table cell. If you do have to modify the
text box after it's in place, you can use the selection arrow on the Drawing
toolbar to get it selected.

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[Riptide55]

Thanks. I saw that tip in some previous discussions. I have hundreds of
product flyers all with the same title format--a company graphic behind the
text. I thought that I could add a "fill graphic" to the fill menu that would
be convenient to apply to each one. The text box option is too labor
intensive but I appreciate your quick reply. I will look for another way to
do this.

"Riptide55" wrote:

Is it possible to add a custom graphic to the "Borders and Shading" -
"Shading" - "Patterns: Styles" pull-down menu? There are some built-ins like
DK Horizontal, but I have a custom graphic that I would like to fill a table
cell with. I can find nothing on how to do this.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In the case of a graphic, a text box is not necessary. You can insert the
graphic itself with wrapping set to Behind Text.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Riptide55" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I saw that tip in some previous discussions. I have hundreds of
product flyers all with the same title format--a company graphic behind
the
text. I thought that I could add a "fill graphic" to the fill menu that
would
be convenient to apply to each one. The text box option is too labor
intensive but I appreciate your quick reply. I will look for another way
to
do this.

"Riptide55" wrote:

Is it possible to add a custom graphic to the "Borders and Shading" -
"Shading" - "Patterns: Styles" pull-down menu? There are some built-ins
like
DK Horizontal, but I have a custom graphic that I would like to fill a
table
cell with. I can find nothing on how to do this.