Color fill doesn't let you select a color. Colors greyed out.

G

Guest

Trying to use the color fill button. When selected all the colors are greyed
out, therefore, I cannot select a color to fill. What to do?
 
G

Guest

I'm in word and I did hightlight the item that I want to color fill first,
but did not work.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Fill Color applies only to AutoShapes. If you're trying to add color shading
to text or a table, you need to use Format | Borders and Shading. Although
the Shading Color button on the Tables and Borders toolbar uses the same
paint can icon as the Fill Color button, they are different things.

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

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