Check out the Troy's links I have posted earlier on. It shows you how to
create a shadow with soft edges. This only works well with circle though.
A good news here. PowerPoint 2007 will allow you to have more control over
editing, such as adding reflection, soft edges, etc. It is currently in its
beta stage.

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> So this can not be done without having to pay for extra features?
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> > > Hi, I was just wanting to know how to shaddow a pic/text so the shaddow comes
> > > out blurey at the back of the pic text and not a straight forward shaddow?