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I cannot find hatched/transparency option for objects in Ppoint

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Mooney@discussions.microsoft.com Brian Mooney

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Apr 29, 2010, 11:43:02 AM4/29/10
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Can anybody advise how to apply a hatch fill to an object and also adjust the
transparency of the fill. I could do it in 2003 version but am struggling
with 2007.

Thanks


Echo S

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Apr 29, 2010, 12:02:51 PM4/29/10
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Pattern fills were removed in PPT 2007. (They're back in PPT 2010, though.)

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Lucy Thomson

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Apr 29, 2010, 3:13:06 PM4/29/10
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Hi Brian

As Echo said, they are gone. However, there are a couple of workarounds:
No more Pattern Fills in PowerPoint 2007
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00925.htm

Lucy

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John Wilson

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Apr 30, 2010, 11:46:01 AM4/30/10
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As well as above this may help:
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/2007_Pattern_Fill.html
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