Pattern fill

[JRSNHECI]

How do you fill an object with a pattern (i.e diagonal lines or dots) as
spposed to a gradient or picture? I'm in PP 2007 and can't figure it out.
Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Pattern fills have been removed in PPT 2007.

You could create your own pattern swatch in an image editor (or by drawing
lines on top of a filled shape in PPT and then save that as a picture) then
fill your shapes with that pattern image.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Patterned fills are no more in PPT 2007.. Are you joining Echo in the grief
cycle at their demise?

--
Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[JRSNHECI]

Really? Why would MS eliminate patterns in the new version?
It was a particularly useful design element, particularly if you are
printing in B & W.
Thanks.

 

[Echo S]

Well, apparently not enough people used pattern fills. I agree they're very
useful, but I also understand that they're used by such a small subset of
users it's hard to justify expending the resources on them.

In addition, black and white is just not a priority at all for the PPT or
Excel devlopment team, as far as I can tell. I mean, have you tried to print
a chart in B/W yet? (Don't get me going; I've been b!tching about poor B/W
since PowerPoint 2002 was released, and I promise you it's not gotten any
better.)

 

[Christopher King]

I found that I can create a rectangle in Word 2007, fill it with a pattern,
and drag it onto a PowerPoint slide, so there's another way to work around
this disgusting limitation.
Chris