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In Word 2013, I'm trying to blur a shadow dropped by a text box, and every tutorial, and even the help files inside the program, tell me that there is a menu option called "Shadow Options", inside of the Shadow menu. All I have is the different shadow styles and Shadow Color. No Shadow Options.
The menu structure seems slightly different in general, too. "Shadow Effects" is its own menu in the ribbon, instead of being part of some other Effects menu.
How do I access this fabled menu? Or, if it no longer exists, how can I blur a shadow?
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Is your document in compatibility mode? If so, the options for shapes and images will look different.