How to completely remove shadow from a chart label? Double-shadows issue...

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How to completely remove shadow from a chart label? Double-shadows issue...

I haven't figured out how to remove shadow from a chart label. I can remove one set of shadows via the Inspector's Graphics tab, but not the other. It appears there are double shadows, as shown in this video:

http://screencast.com/t/YzU4ODVi

Is there a workaround for this? Thanks in advance.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 27, 2009 3:47 PM

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Answer 1

Tulse

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Nov 27, 2009 6:09 PM in response to Torley

My guess is that the font itself has had a shadow added to it in the Font Panel -- open the Font Panel, select the text, and see if the shadow button (at the top of the Font Panel) is selected.

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Torley Author

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Nov 28, 2009 5:13 PM in response to Tulse

I thought that might be the case, Tulse, but I don't see a shadow button — just underline, strikethrough, and color under "Effects".

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Tulse

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Nov 28, 2009 8:42 PM in response to Torley

It's not in the Font menu, but in the Font Panel, which can be shown by clicking on the Fonts button in the window's toolbar at the top (if you don't see it, click the ">>" icon on the right hand side to show it).

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Torley Author

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Dec 3, 2009 6:04 PM in response to Tulse

Yes, I'm referring to the font panel, as shown here:

http://screencast.com/t/YmQ4NjE0Yj

I've clicked various widgets but don't see it. Any other ideas, Tulse or anyone else? 🙂

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Answer 5

Tulse

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Dec 3, 2009 6:59 PM in response to Torley

Stretch the font panel wider -- the shadow widget and various others will appear. Yes, this is indeed a brain-dead way for the font panel to behave.

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Torley Author

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Dec 4, 2009 6:08 AM in response to Tulse

MY GOSH — in hindsight, really easy. That solved it! But it seemed so obscure, especially because of several obstacles along the way. First, the "double" shadow. Then, me hunting in various places and not finding this after clicking — I noticed the little "o" which I dragged down but of course, that revealed a preview of the font itself. I looked for a "> >" but didn't see it. The font panel is probably the most un-Apple-like Apple window I've seen yet.

Finally, your continued patience with me led to fixing this problem. Thank you Tulse.

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Tulse

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Dec 4, 2009 6:17 AM in response to Torley

Torley wrote:
(...) it seemed so obscure (...) The font panel is probably the most un-Apple-like Apple window I've seen yet.

I would agree with both those statements. It seems to me to be terrible UI design to hide controls for a feature without making it clear that the controls are indeed hidden, and the way bits seem to randomly disappear from the font panel as it is shrunk is just bizarre. You really shouldn't have needed some "expert" advice to solve this.

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