# Trivial MS Word Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351 "2003-07-23T11:14:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/1 "2003-07-23T11:14:51Z")

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I have a large open arrow (to show direction) in word and want it solid black. How can I fill it in, other than by hand?

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**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/2 "2003-07-23T11:18:22Z")

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Right-click on the arrow, “format auto-shape” should do it…

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/3 "2003-07-23T11:25:20Z")

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Thanks, that did it. Not exactly intuitive, is it?

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**Author:** ![Z\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/41988e/32.png) [@Z\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Z_Al)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/4 "2003-07-23T14:45:06Z")

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You could’ve saved some time by looking up the question under Help on Word.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/5 "2003-07-23T15:09:05Z")

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I tried looking it up in help but must have phrased it wrong or something because I couldn’t find the answer. Also, I spent 15 minutes trying to find it in help and Tarantula gave me the answer in 4 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-ms-word-question/190351/6 "2003-07-23T15:43:42Z")

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I aim to please…

🙂