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#Change color of shape in word for mac manual#

Switching fill from background to the shape The two Fill panes are almost the same and it’s easy to mix them up. Two Fill Settings in WordArtīefore we start, be clear that there’s two very similar but crucially different fill settings: The trick should work because Gradient settings (among other fill settings) are ‘sticky’ and appear in the Format pane when selected. It’s possible to fix that and get the effect you want inside the WordArt letters like this: Strictly it should be applied to the fill of the WordArt letters. Here’s some examples with the source ‘rainbow’ shape at the top then what happens when Format Paint to various Office objects.Īs you can see, the Shape fill settings (such as Gradient) are copied by Format Painter to the background of a WordArt box.

Ideally you want to copy these setting, not recreate them.

#Change color of shape in word for mac manual#

For WordArt you’d expect the shape formatting to be pasted into the WordArt text not the background and that’s possible with a little Office trickery, see below.Ĭopying the Gradient fill is very useful for tediously created manual gradients. The copying to background of Text Boxes is probably understandable at a technical level but not what users expect.

Shape formatting is NOT copied to Icons / SVG.

That’s NOT the expected behavior but there’s a workaround, see below.

Fill color/gradient inside a shape is pasted to the background of a WordArt box.

That’s (sort of) expected because text in a text box can’t accept fill formatting.

Fill color/gradient inside a shape is pasted to the background of a Text Box.

Shape Backgrounds are copied by Format Painter to another shape background.

Then switch to the other shape or text box and click to paste the formatting.įormat Painter works for text and images but here we’re focusing on copying formatting from a shape to another shape or similar object. To copy the formatting (Fill, Outline etc) select the shape then choose Home | Clipboard | Format Painter or Ctrl + Shift + C. We’re obliged to reader, Lorelei, for pointing out that Format Painter can copy gradient fills in most but not all situations. But they don’t always format copy in the way you’d expect. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.įormat Painter in Office will work to copy formatting between shapes which is very useful for complex Gradients.