I wasn't aware of that, however it still causes a problem: I frequently use a
box to cross-hatch an area, for example.
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Ed W

"Jim Rech" wrote:

You do understand that patterns are being removed from shapes and not cells,
right?

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Jim
"Ed W" wrote in message
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|I can't believe my patterns have been removed from Excel and Powerpoint. I
| commonly use cross-hatching in combination with colours to ensure my
| presentations are printable and photocopyable; and in the case of excel I
use
| cross-hatching of spreadsheets that display attendance information etc.
using
| conditional formatting - and now it's taken! It is also very good for
| showing negated elements in diagrams and so on, and for ensuring coloured
| documents are B&W safe (I don't get a choice on my work printer's
| capabilities). Why take them away? The textures are completely naff and
| should have gone in the 80s when we began being adults rather than
children
| with fancy-coloured Nokia phones and naff ring-tones.
|
| This is the 21st Century, and good looking spreadsheets are essential, but
| getting information across is more so. I find myself currently copying
| patterned shapes from word in order to work around.
|
| HELP! Don't take my patterns away!!! Please reply.
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| Ed W
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