In Word 2010 DOCX format files, you can't create it.
In PowerPoint 2010 PPTX files you can create it.
BUT, in the Word 2010 Compatibility mode that kicks in when you open a 2003 DOC file,
YOU CAN create it.
So the procedure is:
in Word 2010, create a new blank doc using <CTL><N>
Use File menu > SaveAs command, change file type to DOC, and give a file name
OK to save the new blank 2003 DOC format file
Use Insert tab > Text group > WordArt drop down
select a wordart style you want to use
type your words
with the wordart selected you will see the WordArt Tools contextual tab
click in WordArt Styles group > Shape Fill dropdown
select Picture from the drop down menu
navigate to the picture you want to use
OK out
You now have picture filled WordArt text in a blank document. You can select, copy and paste this filled text into a 2010 format DOCX file and it will stay filled.
This is a variation of a trick I learned on this forum, "pay it forward"
Or you can create the filled WordArt in PowerPoint 2010 the copy and paste it into your 2010 DOCX file
Excerpt/Capsule: Learn how to change the fill for the selected text in PowerPoint 2010.
The takeaway lessons:
in Office 2010 the "compatibility mode allows you invoke 2003 features, like the "old" WordArtstyles
Features are not equally implemented all the way across the Office suite. In this case, 2010 WordArt Text fill in PowerPoint includes a "Picture" fill option, while in Word 2010 it does not.
You can create special effects in one app and copy them to another that does not allow their creation
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