Okay, let's take it from the top again:
1. There are two commands (buttons) that use the same icon: Fill Color and
Shading Color.
2. The Fill Color button is on the Drawing toolbar. It is used for
AutoShapes (including text boxes). If you don't have an AutoShape selected,
this button is inactive.
3. The Shading Color button is on the Tables and Borders toolbar. It is used
for text and tables. It should be active pretty much anytime, since it will
by default (if you don't have text selected) shade the paragraph or table
cell where the insertion point is located.
Now, what part of that is not working for you?
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"TAZ" wrote in message
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I also had the same problem suddenly occur. I reset the button to
ShadingColor paintcan (thank you for helping me find this!) and worked
fine
--- for a while, then the same 'no fill' appears. I can remove the icon
and
reset button again. But this is a pain.
Did something else change in Word??
"Treesy" wrote:
Nevermind. I looked under "All Commands" and found the button for
ShadingColor and it has the picture of the paintcan. That button
works!!
Thank you.
Unicorn, I suggest you remove that button and reload the one called
"ShadingColor" listed under All Commands.
"Treesy" wrote:
Suzanne, I just re-read your earlier post when you said that the fill
color
button on the drawing toolbar has the same icon as the shading button
for
tables. While it doesn't explain why my button suddenly stopped
working, can
you tell me where that shading button is located? The only one I
could find
with the paintcan was on the drawing toolbar. I removed my button and
reloaded it when the dropdown arrow stopped working so perhaps I
loaded the
incorrect button (which explains why I'm not getting any color
options).
When I'm in the Customize menu, where can I find the shading button?
Thanks!
"Treesy" wrote:
I was using the button with the paintcan. I was using it to shade a
cell
within a table. Like Unicorn mentioned, it worked for me yesterday
morning
and then suddenly stopped working. ??? It works in Excel but not in
my Word
2003.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Were you using the Highlighter or shading?
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"unicorn" wrote in message
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I can understand what you are saying.
But now there are 2 of us that were keying text in a document
and used the
button for highlighting the text with color and it suddenly
stopped
working.
There is an issue here!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Fill Color and Line Color on the Drawing toolbar apply only to
drawing
objects. To apply color to text and tables, you must use
borders and
shading. The Shading Color and Border Color buttons on the
Tables and
Borders toolbar have the same icons but a different purpose.
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Treesy" wrote in message
news
I am also having this problem. It was working this morning
and now
I'm
also
getting the grayed out boxes with no colors. I also don't
have High
Contrast
enabled. Everything else looks fine. If this helps, before
I was
getting
the grayed out boxes with no color, the little arrow that
opens the
button
up
wasn't working. I would click it and nothing would happen.
Same with
all
the buttons that have those arrows. I removed the
non-functional
buttons
and
put them back on and they seem to be working again except
now when
that
fill
button opens, it shows no color options. I tried rebooting
as well.
Any
suggestions would be helpful.
Thank you!
"unicorn" wrote:
No, it is not selected.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Do you perhaps have High Contract selected in the
Accessibility
Options in
Windows Control Panel?
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"unicorn" wrote in
message
...
Word 2003 color fill button does not allow selection
of a color.
The
panel
pops up but is all white boxes and does not allow
selection. it
is
like
this
on formatting and drawing toolbars. It was working but
suddenly
it
stopped.