[Lene Fredborg]

Do you have different bottom cell margins applied to the cells? This seems to
result in white space at the bottom of cells even it you apply the shading to
the cells. For example, if one cell in a row has 1mm bottom cell margin
whereas the other cells have no bottom cell margin, those cells will have 1mm
white space at the bottom (i.e. only the cell(s) with the largest bottom
margin will be totally filled - other cells will have a white space
corresponding to the difference between the bottom cell margins). For some
reason, the same does not seem to apply if you have different top cell
margins (at least I saw no white space in the top of cells when testing in
Word 2002 and 2003).

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Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
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"Paul Gauci" wrote:

Thanks Lene

The 'Apply to' field was set to Cell - that is my problem.

Paul


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Paul Gauci


"Lene Fredborg" wrote:

The "Apply to" field in Format Borders and Shading Shading tab must be
set to "Cell" in order for the shading to always fill out the selected
cell(s).

Could it be that "Apply to" has been set to e.g. "Paragraph" in the
situations where you have seen the white space? This will result in white
space above and/or below the text if you have applied space above and/or
below the text in Format Paragraph. Also, if you have applied cell margins
(Table Table Properties Table tab Options), you will see white space
along the sides with margins.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word


"Paul Gauci" wrote:

Sometimes when I use the 'Borders and Shading ...'ShadingFill command the
cells or rows in question do not fill completely with the selected fill
colour, a white line appears parallel at the bottom (I do not recall whether
it also appears at the top) of the row, parallel and adjacent to the border.

I would like to know how to ensure that all the cells/rows are filled.
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Paul Gauci