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Word 07.

I have a line of text (only about 50 characters) the text is white and I
have a red fill (or text highlight color) behind. This red fill only extends
as far as the text. How can I make the red extend across the entire line,
(even if there is no text in the second half of the line)?
Thanks
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Sure, I can help you with that! Here are the steps to fill color the complete line of text in Word 2007:
  1. Select the line of text that you want to fill with color.
  2. Click on the "Page Layout" tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
  3. Click on the "Page Color" button in the "Page Background" group.
  4. Select the color that you want to use for the background of the entire line of text.
  5. The entire line of text should now be filled with the color that you selected.

If you want to make sure that the color extends all the way to the edge of the page, you can adjust the margins of the document. Here's how:
  1. Click on the "Page Layout" tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
  2. Click on the "Margins" button in the "Page Setup" group.
  3. Select "Custom Margins" at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
  4. In the "Margins" tab of the "Page Setup" dialog box, adjust the margins as desired.
  5. Click "OK" to apply the new margins.
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Assuming you haven't used the Highlighter by mistake, you have evidently
applied shading to the selected text rather than the paragraph. In the
Borders and Shading dialog (accessed from the dropdown menu you get when you
click on the button that is indescribable because its ScreenTip reflects
whatever border you most recently used) choose Paragraph rather than Text.
(Text is the default if you have text selected, so just click in the
paragraph before visiting the dialog.)

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Word 07.

I have a line of text (only about 50 characters) the text is white and I
have a red fill (or text highlight color) behind. This red fill only
extends
as far as the text. How can I make the red extend across the entire line,
(even if there is no text in the second half of the line)?
Thanks


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That's something I hadn't noticed: The "Borders and Shading" item to
access the dialog is only on the Borders button and not on the Shading
button. The same oversight (I was going to say "idiocy" but that's too
inflammatory eg) has been propagated to Word 2010. I'm off to
complain...

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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:25:42 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

Assuming you haven't used the Highlighter by mistake, you have evidently
applied shading to the selected text rather than the paragraph. In the
Borders and Shading dialog (accessed from the dropdown menu you get when you
click on the button that is indescribable because its ScreenTip reflects
whatever border you most recently used) choose Paragraph rather than Text.
(Text is the default if you have text selected, so just click in the
paragraph before visiting the dialog.)

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry" wrote in message
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Word 07.

I have a line of text (only about 50 characters) the text is white and I
have a red fill (or text highlight color) behind. This red fill only
extends
as far as the text. How can I make the red extend across the entire line,
(even if there is no text in the second half of the line)?
Thanks

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There's a Shading button? Ah, so there is. I hadn't even noticed since I'm
so used to using Borders and Shading. But this makes it even more vital to
understand that if text is selected then only the selected text, not the
paragraph, will be shaded.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
That's something I hadn't noticed: The "Borders and Shading" item to
access the dialog is only on the Borders button and not on the Shading
button. The same oversight (I was going to say "idiocy" but that's too
inflammatory eg) has been propagated to Word 2010. I'm off to
complain...

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:25:42 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

Assuming you haven't used the Highlighter by mistake, you have evidently
applied shading to the selected text rather than the paragraph. In the
Borders and Shading dialog (accessed from the dropdown menu you get when
you
click on the button that is indescribable because its ScreenTip reflects
whatever border you most recently used) choose Paragraph rather than Text.
(Text is the default if you have text selected, so just click in the
paragraph before visiting the dialog.)

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry" wrote in message
...
Word 07.

I have a line of text (only about 50 characters) the text is white and I
have a red fill (or text highlight color) behind. This red fill only
extends
as far as the text. How can I make the red extend across the entire
line,
(even if there is no text in the second half of the line)?
Thanks





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Default Fill color complete line of text

Thanks
Using the shading corectly work.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There's a Shading button? Ah, so there is. I hadn't even noticed since I'm
so used to using Borders and Shading. But this makes it even more vital to
understand that if text is selected then only the selected text, not the
paragraph, will be shaded.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
That's something I hadn't noticed: The "Borders and Shading" item to
access the dialog is only on the Borders button and not on the Shading
button. The same oversight (I was going to say "idiocy" but that's too
inflammatory eg) has been propagated to Word 2010. I'm off to
complain...

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:25:42 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

Assuming you haven't used the Highlighter by mistake, you have evidently
applied shading to the selected text rather than the paragraph. In the
Borders and Shading dialog (accessed from the dropdown menu you get when
you
click on the button that is indescribable because its ScreenTip reflects
whatever border you most recently used) choose Paragraph rather than Text.
(Text is the default if you have text selected, so just click in the
paragraph before visiting the dialog.)

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Terry" wrote in message
...
Word 07.

I have a line of text (only about 50 characters) the text is white and I
have a red fill (or text highlight color) behind. This red fill only
extends
as far as the text. How can I make the red extend across the entire
line,
(even if there is no text in the second half of the line)?
Thanks



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