I can't believe my patterns have been removed.  I commonly use cross-hatching
in combination with colours to ensure my presentations are printable and
photocopyable.  It is also very good for showing negated elements in diagrams
and so on.  Why take them away?  The textures are completely naff and should
have gone in the 80s when we began being adults rather than children with
fancy-coloured Nokia phones and naff ring-tones.

This is the 21st Century, and good looking slides are essential, but getting
information across is more so.  I find myself currently copying patterned
shapes from word to powerpoint in order to work around.  I thought I just
couldn't find the link: now I find it's removed from Excel too.

HELP! Don't take my patterns away!!!  Please reply.