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Applying text shading
To apply shading to existing text:
Select the text to be shaded. To apply shading to an entire paragraph, place 1
the cursor anywhere in the paragraph.
Do one of the following things: 2
Display the Text Shading Styles palette (Window > Text Shading Styles) ●
and select a defined text shading style to apply to the text.
Use the controls in the Text Shading tab of the Measurements palette. ●
Apply a defined text shading style to either a character or paragraph style ●
sheet and apply that style sheet to the text.
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You can select an empty text box or an empty paragraph in a text box as Step1.
After Step 2, the text shading style will be applied to the text as you are typing.
There is a difference between applying text shading to an entire paragraph, or to
just selected text. When using the Text Shading tab of the Measurements
palette, there is a drop-down menu allowing you to choose Paragraph or Text.
When using the Text Shading Styles palette, this is generally determined by what
you selected before choosing a text shading style to apply, with a few
exceptions.
If you select the Apply to Paragraph button and then apply text shading, the ●
text shading is applied to the complete paragraph even if text was previously
selected.