Is there a way to add fill effects to a table cell so that it goes in a
gradient from dark to light. (the way you can create gradients using the
drawing tool)

Thanks

Hi Ratio,

You can do it in Word indirectly. Here are a few variations.

1. To do a whole table you can first create a Textbox (max size is
one full page), then create your table inside of the textbox and
use the Fill effects on the textbox.

2. For individual cells or rows you can draw an autoshape the size of
the cell or row in your table (the table row cannot be set to
allow it to break across a page boundary in table properties)
and then set the order to have the autoshape 'behind text'

3. You can create a small gradient graphic and use
Insert=Picture=From File choose Link or insert the graphic
then stretch it to fill the cell

4. You can put a textbox in a table cell and format it as
'inline with text' (in Word 2003).

5. You can create the basic table in Powerpoint then Edit=Paste Special
the table into Word as a MS Office Drawing Object
(it comes in as an autoshape frame with a collection of
grouped text boxes forming the table cells).

Word *should* be able to use CSS style sheets or HTML
tables that get a gradient fill from their ability to
tile a small (1K) graphic, but when you pull in pages that
do that Word tends to lose that formatting when it converts an
HTML table to its Word table.

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Is there a way to add fill effects to a table cell so that it goes in a
gradient from dark to light. (the way you can create gradients using the
drawing tool)

Thanks
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