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

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

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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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
>

On Jan 6, 7:58*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> 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
>
> <tomfabtas...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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 -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thank you Suzanne - that's perfect.