Hi Abbey,
The trial edition for each of the apps is a complete set, but it's possible that not all of the features have been installed.
From Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel, choose the Microsoft Office 2003 product and then use the Add/Remove Features
then [x] Advanced Features and set everything to 'run from my computer' state and see if that helps.
There isn't, in Word 3D effects for text, only on WordArt.
For borders and shading try using that without anything in your document being selected.
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Some of the components of my trial version of Office 2003 are missing. I
downloaded this trial from the Microsoft Website. Some of the missing items
are borders and shading, 3D effects for text and so on. Is there a way I can
get them, so that I can add these to my documents? Any help would be
appreciated. Thank you <<
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I hope this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?

MS Office system products MVP
LINKS to the 2007 Office System Beta
1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress
2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview
3. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007
a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net