Version: 7.1.5.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5 CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB Calc: threaded In LO Draw it is possible to add "Blur" to a shadow. However, this is currently not supported in LO Writer (see Paragraph / Character Style > Borders > Shadow Style). My guess it would add more realism to text and table shadows. SUGGESTION: Add a Blur property to Borders Shadow Style.
(In reply to R. Green from comment #0) > In LO Draw it is possible to add "Blur" to a shadow. Couldn't see a border tab in character or paragraph dialog in Draw (only in Graphic Styles Dialog).
Graphic objects in Draw and paragraphs, characters and frames in Writer have technically different shadows. One is a set of draw:shadow-foo attributes, the other is one attribute style:shadow. You can use a Text Box in the meantime as workaround. The text box has blur shadow because it is a graphic object. You can anchor the text box as character to keep it in the text flow. Nevertheless it is a valid request.
This could also apply on image, It is not possible to have realistic shadow on image. The UI do not allow to set a blur width on the Borders tab of the image properties dialog