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Default Can a Word doc be changed to an Excel doc?

On the Shading tab of the Format | Borders and Shading dialog, scroll down
to the bottom of the list of patterns.

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"Calvin Baisley" wrote in message
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I have a Word document that I now wish was in Excel format and don't

really
want to start all over again (It's a fairly complex table). I am just

using
it to print a form so I'm not using any formulas. I have some shaded areas
which aren't shaded anymore when I photocopy them. I wanted to change the
shading to a pattern fill (ie crosshatch lines, etc) so the photcopier

would
copy them properly but I don't think this can be done in Word!! only in
Excel. So I was wondering if anyone knows how to either fill a cell with a
pattern in Word or else save a Word file as an Excel document so I can

fill
the cells there.
Thanks in advance.

Cal