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Hi, I have a table and would like to colour the entire background of
acell in the table. I am able to colour the text in the cell, but
notthe entire background of the cell (I want to see a rectangular
block ofcolour with the cell's text still viewable). I am using Word
2003.

Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks,Tom

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have the entire cell selected when you apply shading, it should be
applied to the cell rather than the paragraph, but if there's any problem,
go to Format | Borders and Shading and make sure that Cell and not Text is
selected for "Apply to."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Hi, I have a table and would like to colour the entire background of
acell in the table. I am able to colour the text in the cell, but
notthe entire background of the cell (I want to see a rectangular
block ofcolour with the cell's text still viewable). I am using Word
2003.

Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks,Tom

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On Jan 6, 7:58*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you have the entire cell selected when you apply shading, it should be
applied to the cell rather than the paragraph, but if there's any problem,
go to Format | Borders and Shading and make sure that Cell and not Text is
selected for "Apply to."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Hi, I have a table and would like to colour the entire background of
acell in the table. I am able to colour the text in the cell, but
notthe entire background of the cell (I want to see a rectangular
block ofcolour with the cell's text still viewable). I am using Word
2003.

Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks,Tom- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you Suzanne - that's perfect.