Learn something new every day - did not realize you could right-click on a shape and change it's color.But Ben, if you look at the left-most icon on the Shape Toolbar, you will see a little icon that looks like a wrench and a screwdriver. If you click on that, you can set the fill and line properties for a shape. This allows you to pick colors in advance of creating a shape.While I now know that it is possible to modify colors before and after creating a shape, I still don't think it is as elegant of a system as it could be.Edited By: smithmarkc on 2007-12-21 8:5:34