Shading in Table Cells (Word 2002)

[Diana]

I am working in a table to which I have been applying shading of different
colors in certain rows. Up till now, the shading shaded everything -- both
text and blank areas.

However, today when I apply shading, the shading only does the blank areas
and the text stays in what looks like a white box.

Can anyone tell me what I may be missing?

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Make sure that no white shading has been applied to the text itself.

 

[Diana]

That was not quite it, but it put me on the right track. It turns out that
for some reason my style had changed, and the new style, under Format/Border
required all text to be colored a very light grey, which was not apparent on
the screen. Once I changed that to No Fill, the table cells were shaded in
their entirety.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, this is just what I said except that very light grey shading had been
applied to the text instead of white.

 

[Jennifer L.]

Hello,
For business purposes, I work with word template calendar downloaded from
templates section of the MS website. I'm trying to shade indivdual cells
gray, but a thin section at the bottom of the cell stays white.

Please help.
Jennifer