[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That was the third possibility Chris's original wording suggested, so I
guess we've now covered the waterfront (and may never hear from Chris
again).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
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If what you want is shading or crosshatching behind your text, go to
borders
and shading and select the shading tab. (Here's where my memory of W2003
screens fades a bit, so I'll just tell you what I see in W2007.) In W2007
there is a section called Patterns. In the selection box, scroll past the
percent gray selections to get to the crosshatching patterns.

Yes, you should be able to record a macro to do this quickly. Note,
though,
that a macro set up to add crosshatching to a a regular text paragraph
might
not work as expected in a table or text box.

PamC



Chris wrote:
I have Word 2003.

How do I add a pattern to selected text?

Is it possible to create a button on the toobar which gives access to
this quickly?

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