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Re: Grayed sidebars in Word for Windows?

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From: Carl W. Bergerson
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 14:07
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jdm@kofax.uucp (James D. Murray) writes:
> 
> 	I am using WINWORD and an HP LaserJet IIP and would like to know
> if I can achieve grayed sidebars on printed text.  I'd like to have the
> area within a sidebar (boxed paragraph) print out with a 25% or 50% grayed
> shading.  I haven't been able to find this capability in the manuals.  

Grayed (shaded) text can be achieved in w4w only (sigh) with Postscript
printers. I believe this is documented in Examples.DOC.

I hope MS corrects this deficiency soon, WordPerfect provided shading
at any percentage on HPLJ II at least as early as 5.0 in 1988.

Carl
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From: carl@point4.com (Carl W. Bergerson)
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Subject: Re: Grayed sidebars in Word for Windows?
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:07:34 GMT
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