Adding colour effects to tables

[Guest]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to add colour effects (e.g. shading
left to right) to specific cells in an MS word table?

I can do this for a drawing object using teh fill option then selecting
effects but can't seem to find an option when shading cells within a table?

Cheers,

 

[Guest]

Kippers,

I don't think you can apply a gradient fill to a table alone. The entire
page, yes. However, you can create a frame and add a gradient fill to it
then insert your table into the frame.

Good Luck!

 

[CyberTaz]

AFAIK, only solid fills can be applied to table cells. Gradients ("shading
left to right"?) can only be applied to drawing objects.

As a workaround a rectangle can be filled with a gradient & apply "Behind
Text" text wrapping to it. You can set the border of the rectangle to "No
Line" and adjust the table & cell border color settings accordingly.
Keeping the shape & the table aligned with each other, however, can be a
challenge if you do any further editing that causes the text to re-flow

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Thanks Cybertaz,

Thsi works but it is extremely difficult (impossible!) to align the
rectangle exactly with the cells in the table.

cheers,

 

[Guest]

And what about PPT tables? They have all those nifty banded styles but none
are the way I want it. Why can't you just pick the two colors you want and
have it auto band? If it's there, please tell me how to do it!! I don't
really like the examples that much.