A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Word » Tables
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Cannot shade a cell in a table



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old April 24th, 2004, 12:24 PM
Shauna Kelly
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Cannot shade a cell in a table

Hi Colleen

Try some diagnostic steps to see if there is corruption in your document, or
in the table.

Do you have the same problems if you...
1. create a new table in this document?
2. copy this table within this document?
3. copy this table to another document?
4. copy everything in this document *except* the last paragraph mark to a
new document?

The following might help, too:
How can I recover a corrupt document or template - and why did
it become corrupt?
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Colleen" wrote in message
...
I have a word document which has a table in it, some cells
are shaded. When I saved the original document with a new
name I cannot shade any of the cells correctly. The
shading appears at the very edge of the cells. I have
tested this on a blank document and the shading works as
normal ie. the whole cell is shaded.

Does anyone know how I can fix this? Any info would be
greatly appreciated. thanks CR



  #2  
Old April 25th, 2004, 10:48 AM
Cindy M -WordMVP-
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Cannot shade a cell in a table

Hi Colleen,

I have a word document which has a table in it, some cells
are shaded. When I saved the original document with a new
name I cannot shade any of the cells correctly. The
shading appears at the very edge of the cells. I have
tested this on a blank document and the shading works as
normal ie. the whole cell is shaded.

It sounds as if the structure of the table may be damaged. If
you
- Select the table
- Table/Convert table to text
- immediately: Table/Convert text to table

Does this problem go away?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow
question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

  #3  
Old April 25th, 2004, 03:02 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Cannot shade a cell in a table

You might also check to make sure that there isn't some other shading
applied to the text itself.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message
news:VA.00009670.00a641a5@speedy...
Hi Colleen,

I have a word document which has a table in it, some cells
are shaded. When I saved the original document with a new
name I cannot shade any of the cells correctly. The
shading appears at the very edge of the cells. I have
tested this on a blank document and the shading works as
normal ie. the whole cell is shaded.

It sounds as if the structure of the table may be damaged. If
you
- Select the table
- Table/Convert table to text
- immediately: Table/Convert text to table

Does this problem go away?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow
question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:39 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.