What didn't work? Select the word and go to the Shading tab of Format |
Borders and Shading. Select your shading color and make sure that you have
"Text" selected under "Apply to" (it should be by default).

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"HH" wrote in message
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Hi, sorry, it didn't work, there must be another setting somewhere..

HH

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can apply shading to specific words using Format | Borders and
Shading,
but I suspect that what you actually have/had in the document may
be/have
been fields of some sort. Field shading can be displayed all the time,
when
the field is selected, or never depending on the setting on the View tab
of
Tools | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"HH" wrote in message
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Hi, I use a template call "Resume with Contemporary theme". In it, it
has
grey background on certain words.

Someone suggested me to use same font through out the resume so I
Ctrl-A
(select all) and changes it to the right font. Now I lost my grey
background.
Even if I pull an older copy of my resume, I still don't get the
background
anymore. How do I restore that setting without re-installing Word?

HH