Pam,

You didn't say what version you are using or what operating system.
Is this the first time you have tried a dropshadow on text, or has it worked
before?
Does it just happen with text or does it happen with all objects you apply a
shadow to?

Anyway, it sounds like an incompatibility with the graphics card to me.
You can try updating your graphics driver.

Disable hardware acceleration.
(On XP, right click on the desktop, choose Properties, then the settings
tab, advanced button and troubleshoot tab. You can adjust the slider there
or disable write combining to see if that changes anything.)

Convert the text to curves before applying drop shadows.
This will make the text a little thicker, but it may be a way to get around
the problem.

Regards,
Ron Francis
www.RonaldFrancis.com

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