We use a fairly standard "cloud" technique to highlight changes in our technical drawings. In Acrobat it is easy to create exactly the right thing; I have attached an example jpg here.

However, the closest thing I can get in Word is a starburst, which isn't what we want.

Does anyone know how to get an autoshape-like cloud in Word? We need it to be transparent and resizeable.

Thanks for any help -

Attached Images

acrobat cloud 2.jpg (40.8 KB, 100 views)

Hi Arbie,

Word doesn't have such an autoshape, but you can achieve much the same thing with the image in your post. See attached. I simply formatted the shape with the 'in front of text' attribute and set the white background to transparent. If you store such a shape in a document, it will be available in this format for any document you care to copy it to.

Attached Files

Cloud.doc (38.5 KB, 212 views)

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Paul Edstein
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