Are you using the paint bucket button on the Drawing toolbar (Fill Color) or
the Tables and Borders toolbar (Shading Color)? Only the latter works for
tables; the former is for drawing objects (including text boxes).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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