Okay, I think I've found the article I was recalling, but it's unlikely to
apply to you. It's "Shaded tables do not print correctly in Word 2002" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836132

FWIW, make sure that you have actually shaded the cell and not the text or
the paragraph.

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"Lisa" wrote in message
...
I will look for it. I figured it had to be a known issue. Thansk for
always
being there for us Suzanne.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I'm unable to find it again, but yesterday I ran across a KB article
listing
problems solved by an update to Office XP (I think), and that was one of
them.

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"Lisa" wrote in message
...
I have a table that I am trying to add some shading to certain cells
and
some
are fine, but others have 1/8 inch unshaded area at the bottom of the
cell.
I have researched this in the discussion groups and tried everything
suggested still to no avail. It is happening in both Word 2000 & XP.
Any
ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,