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Stoo

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Aug 27, 2007, 11:38:03 AM8/27/07
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In OneNote 2007, is there a way of filling drawing shapes with color?
The drawing toolbar allows you to draw standard shapes and change the color
and weight of the border lines, but I cannot figure out how to change the
fill color.

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

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Aug 27, 2007, 3:29:50 PM8/27/07
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I don't believe you can (other than manually).


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Roland Schorr & Tower
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Rainald Taesler

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Aug 30, 2007, 9:29:13 AM8/30/07
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Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

>> In OneNote 2007, is there a way of filling drawing shapes with
>> color? The drawing toolbar allows you to draw standard shapes and
>> change the color and weight of the border lines, but I cannot figure
>> out how to change the fill color.
>

> I don't believe you can (other than manually).

What do you mean by "manually"?
How would this work?

Rainald

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

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Aug 30, 2007, 1:08:58 PM8/30/07
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Setting a pen color and scratching back and forth until the shape is totally
filled. Like Mrs. Buchanon, my 1st grade teacher said, "Don't color outside
the lines!" :-)


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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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John Waller

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Aug 30, 2007, 3:05:09 PM8/30/07
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Although there's no way of linking the colour to the shape.

If you move or resize the colour, the shape stays put and vice versa.

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Regards

John Waller


Rainald Taesler

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Aug 30, 2007, 6:11:44 PM8/30/07
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John Waller wrote:

>>>>> In OneNote 2007, is there a way of filling drawing shapes
>>>>> with color? The drawing toolbar allows you to draw standard
>>>>> shapes and change the color and weight of the border lines,
>>>>> but I cannot figure out how to change the fill color.
>>>>
>>>> I don't believe you can (other than manually).
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "manually"?
>>> How would this work?
>>

>> Setting a pen color and scratching back and forth until the shape
>> is totally filled. Like Mrs. Buchanon, my 1st grade teacher said,
>> "Don't color outside the lines!" :-)
>

> Although there's no way of linking the colour to the shape.
>
> If you move or resize the colour, the shape stays put and vice
> versa.

Yes, there's that. The ooooold song "No grouping in ON" {siiiigh}

IMO Ben's suggestion was a joke more or less anyway ;-)

Rainald

Rainald Taesler

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Aug 30, 2007, 6:06:33 PM8/30/07
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Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

>>>> In OneNote 2007, is there a way of filling drawing shapes with
>>>> color? The drawing toolbar allows you to draw standard shapes and
>>>> change the color and weight of the border lines, but I cannot
>>>> figure out how to change the fill color.
>>>
>>> I don't believe you can (other than manually).
>>
>> What do you mean by "manually"?
>> How would this work?
>>

> Setting a pen color and scratching back and forth until the shape
> is totally filled. Like Mrs. Buchanon, my 1st grade teacher said,
> "Don't color outside the lines!" :-)


ROFLMAO

Rainald

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

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Sep 4, 2007, 7:06:18 PM9/4/07
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Well, not a joke exactly, but clearly it's a kludgy workaround.


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Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm


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danellejones

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Mar 31, 2010, 11:56:22 PM3/31/10
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Well, seeing as you guys crop up no. 1 on a google for "onenote shapes fill"...


I used a 12mm 'highlighter' pen to color in the background behind some text, then found that I could use the lasso tool to select text and color, to drag and drop elsewhere in the page.

This worked even when I colored only one portion of the text within a note container on the page - onenote didn't drag the whole container, instead it grabbed the lasso'ed text only and then created a new container on the drop.


- D.

Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

Well, not a joke exactly, but clearly it's a kludgy workaround.-- -Ben-Ben M.

04-Sep-07

Well, not a joke exactly, but clearly it is a kludgy workaround.


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Monday, August 27, 2007 11:38 AM
Sto wrote:

Fill color on drawing shapes


In OneNote 2007, is there a way of filling drawing shapes with color?
The drawing toolbar allows you to draw standard shapes and change the color
and weight of the border lines, but I cannot figure out how to change the
fill color.

On Monday, August 27, 2007 3:29 PM


Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

I don't believe you can (other than manually).-- -Ben-Ben M.
I do not believe you can (other than manually).


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:29 AM
Rainald Taesler wrote:

Re: Fill color on drawing shapes


Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:


What do you mean by "manually"?
How would this work?

Rainald

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:08 PM


Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

Setting a pen color and scratching back and forth until the shape is totally
Setting a pen color and scratching back and forth until the shape is totally
filled. Like Mrs. Buchanon, my 1st grade teacher said, "Don't color outside
the lines!" :-)

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm

"Rainald Taesler" <tae...@gmx.de> wrote in message

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On Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:05 PM
John Waller wrote:

Although there's no way of linking the colour to the shape.

Although there is no way of linking the colour to the shape.

If you move or resize the colour, the shape stays put and vice versa.

--
Regards

John Waller

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:06 PM
Rainald Taesler wrote:

Re: Fill color on drawing shapes


Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

ROFLMAO

Rainald

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:11 PM
Rainald Taesler wrote:

Re: Fill color on drawing shapes
John Waller wrote:


Yes, there is that. The ooooold song "No grouping in ON" {siiiigh}

IMO Ben's suggestion was a joke more or less anyway ;-)

Rainald

On Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:06 PM


Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

Well, not a joke exactly, but clearly it's a kludgy workaround.-- -Ben-Ben M.

Well, not a joke exactly, but clearly it is a kludgy workaround.


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm


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Rainald Taesler

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Apr 1, 2010, 10:36:16 PM4/1/10
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I'm sorry but do not understand *ANYTHING*

Obviously you jumped on an oooooooooold thread in some *forum* (not in
the NewsGroup itself).
And the result is a total chaos.

Pls start a new thread and ask in an understandable way.

Rainald

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