Michael Tronn

@Old Bruce Thanks for all your help!

@anto That solved it. Thanks!

Thanks! Much appreciated!

Thanks. That's what I thought. The first time it did not work, but this time it opened. The instructions you gave do work in Publisher, so that is a good work around, thanks. BUt I still would like to remedy this in Designer since that is my main program. Thanks for helping solve this puzzle.

I wish that was what happened, but no. This entire thing was created in Designer. So I'm stumped..... Even when I just try to create new text in the Designer file, it all comes out with the red background. I don't use Publisher but I do have it. And this has happened before, so I am incredibly confused by it. I do have Publisher though and would try to fix it there. Would you tell me how to get my Designer files into Publisher please? Thanks!

@Old Bruce It was not made in Publisher, though I tried to open it there. I also used someone's suggestion of clearing the background in character window but that did not work.

As I thought it was a bug, I submitted it once as a bug and once in the public forum. Sorry.

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Hi! When I go to create text, I am getting two weird things I cannot seem to figure out. The first is when I use the artistic text tool, it shows up with a red background, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. The second is when I use the Frame Text tool, it comes out with a gradient red to pink background. Is this a bug? If it is a setting, I cannot find it. Here are some screenshots. Thanks for your help!

Hi! When I go to create text, I am getting two weird things I cannot seem to figure out. The first is when I use the artistic text tool, it shows up with a red background, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. The second is when I use the Frame Text tool, it comes out with a gradient red to pink background. Is this a bug? If it is a setting, I cannot find it. Here are some screenshots. Thanks for your help!

Thanks! That looks great!

Hi. I'd like to make a black or colorless word logo with a rainbow stroke. Every time I try it fills in my letters and I do not see how to make a rainbow stroke. Is this possible please? Thanks!

Hello! As I was using cmd J, all of my work suddenly tilted as shown below. Command Z is not fixing it. Neither is selecting all and doing it manually. The white board remains tilted. Any idea how to get it back to normal please? Thanks!

Thanks to both of you. @GarryP I've never heard of the "container document" concept before. Would you mind telling me a bit more about it please?

Hello. I have copied the same object countless times as seen below. It is now a very heavy and slow document to work with. Is there a way to take all of the layers that made this collage and merge into just one object while keeping it a vector? I know I can rasterize them, but then I will lose clarity when it is large. Thanks!