Only Portion of Cell Shaded

[Lisa]

I have a table that I am trying to add some shading to certain cells and some
are fine, but others have 1/8 inch unshaded area at the bottom of the cell.
I have researched this in the discussion groups and tried everything
suggested still to no avail. It is happening in both Word 2000 & XP. Any
ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm unable to find it again, but yesterday I ran across a KB article listing
problems solved by an update to Office XP (I think), and that was one of
them.

 

[Lisa]

I will look for it. I figured it had to be a known issue. Thansk for always
being there for us Suzanne.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, I think I've found the article I was recalling, but it's unlikely to
apply to you. It's "Shaded tables do not print correctly in Word 2002" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836132

FWIW, make sure that you have actually shaded the cell and not the text or
the paragraph.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Lisa,

There are a couple of cases where this happens.
In some cases it's printer driver specific in others
it's related to the printer driver but the problem
is fixed on the Office/Word side. This is one of
the hotfixes for the problem
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;836132&FR=1

There have been similar issues with HP printers.

There can sometimes be issues where the table was created
in one version of Word than worked with in another version.

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I will look for it. I figured it had to be a known issue. Thansk for always
being there for us Suzanne. >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Lisa]

Again thank you both. We as an org have already applied SP3 and still
nothing. If you can think of anything else please let me know.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Lisa,

The hotfix in the article is a 'post' SP3 update
for Word 2002. You'll need to phone Microsoft to
arrange to get the fix (no charge).

========Again thank you both. We as an org have already applied SP3 and still
nothing. If you can think of anything else please let me know. <<
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Melissa Shook via OfficeKB.com]

The only time I've had problems with tabel fill not meeting the grid lines
is if the text is turned vertically within the cell. If you remove all
spacing between the text and cell the shading will fill the cell to the
gridlines. Unfortunatly, it removes the spacing from the entire table and
all the text will be right next to the gridlines. I've just had to learn
to not shade cells containing vertical text.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Office 2000 and above, you can change the cell margins for a single cell
without affecting the entire table.