[Diana]

I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything -- both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Make sure that no white shading has been applied to the text itself.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Diana" wrote in message
...
I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything --
both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.

[Diana]

That was not quite it, but it put me on the right track. It turns out that
for some reason my style had changed, and the new style, under Format/Border
required all text to be colored a very light grey, which was not apparent on
the screen. Once I changed that to No Fill, the table cells were shaded in
their entirety.

Thanks for your help!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that no white shading has been applied to the text itself.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything --
both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, this is just what I said except that very light grey shading had been
applied to the text instead of white.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
That was not quite it, but it put me on the right track. It turns out
that
for some reason my style had changed, and the new style, under
Format/Border
required all text to be colored a very light grey, which was not apparent
on
the screen. Once I changed that to No Fill, the table cells were shaded
in
their entirety.

Thanks for your help!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that no white shading has been applied to the text itself.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of
different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything --
both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank
areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.

[Jennifer L.]

Hello,
For business purposes, I work with word template calendar downloaded from
templates section of the MS website. I'm trying to shade indivdual cells
gray, but a thin section at the bottom of the cell stays white.

Please help.
Jennifer



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Well, this is just what I said except that very light grey shading had been
applied to the text instead of white.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
That was not quite it, but it put me on the right track. It turns out
that
for some reason my style had changed, and the new style, under
Format/Border
required all text to be colored a very light grey, which was not apparent
on
the screen. Once I changed that to No Fill, the table cells were shaded
in
their entirety.

Thanks for your help!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that no white shading has been applied to the text itself.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of
different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything --
both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank
areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.