It would appear that you have applied the shading to the text rather than to
the cell. Try again, making sure that "Cell" rather than "Text" is selected
under "Apply to."
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Drew" wrote in message
...
I'm using tables in my word document and one of the cells has a background
color. Inside that cell I'm using a style that has paragraph spacing
before
and after the text. The problem is that when it creates this spacing, it's
always white. So I have these white bands above and below the text due to
my
background color in that cell.
Is paragraph spacing useless on anything other than white or is there a
way
to make this transluscent? or even make it the same as my background
color?
Thanks!