out line fonts (and text) isn't there a way to outline fonts?

Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
them....

using publisher 2003

Mary
Mon May 05 15:31:43 CDT 2008

WordArt. Or a draw program.

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"Wednesday336" <Wednesday336@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
> I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
> them....
>
> using publisher 2003

JoAnn
Mon May 05 15:34:55 CDT 2008

Yes, use WordArt. The first style will allow you to do what you want.

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"Wednesday336" <Wednesday336@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
> I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
> them....
>
> using publisher 2003

Wednesday336
Sat May 10 11:07:04 CDT 2008

Word art is too limited.

A draw program? can you explain more? How would it be done?

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

> WordArt. Or a draw program.
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://msauer.mvps.org/
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>
> "Wednesday336" <Wednesday336@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B80DFD4-28B1-4F43-B6F0-08BC694B5C90@microsoft.com...
> > Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
> > I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
> > them....
> >
> > using publisher 2003
>
>
>

Mary
Sat May 10 11:14:46 CDT 2008

www.OpenOffice.org has a draw program, it is free. Serif also has a free draw
program.
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp

You can change the WordArt using any font. If you give the outline a small
weight you can get close to the look of regular text.

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"Wednesday336" <Wednesday336@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Word art is too limited.
>
> A draw program? can you explain more? How would it be done?
>
> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> WordArt. Or a draw program.
>>
>> --
>> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
>> http://office.microsoft.com/
>> http://msauer.mvps.org/
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>>
>> "Wednesday336" <Wednesday336@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4B80DFD4-28B1-4F43-B6F0-08BC694B5C90@microsoft.com...
>> > Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
>> > I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
>> > them....
>> >
>> > using publisher 2003
>>
>>
>>

Ed
Sat May 10 11:32:52 CDT 2008

Wednesday336 wrote:
> Isn't there a way to put a another color outline around fonts?
> I've made the fonts red and I'd like to have a thin line of black around
> them....

Workaround:
Create your text box with red text. Then create an exact copy of the
text box (Ctrl+Drag or Copy+Paste) in exactly the same position (use
Snap To Objects). Set the font colour to black, and adjust it to
directly above the first box in the z-order (i.e. use Send to Back, and
then Bring Forward until the red text turns black, but no further). Then
select all of the black text, go to Format > Font, check Outline, hit OK.

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