Fill Color applies only to AutoShapes. If you're trying to add color shading
to text or a table, you need to use Format | Borders and Shading. Although
the Shading Color button on the Tables and Borders toolbar uses the same
paint can icon as the Fill Color button, they are different things.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Diane" wrote in message
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Trying to use the color fill button. When selected all the colors are
greyed
out, therefore, I cannot select a color to fill. What to do?
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Diane