Table Background Turns Blue

All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're following when this occurs.

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"customshopkv1" wrote in message
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All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

I am seeing my text turn blue as I type in a table in Word 2007. It darkens
to very dark blue so you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

We are having this issue too. We have seen numerous posts on the Internet of
others with the same issue but no fix. We've tried using a new normal.dot
template in case our original one is fault (along with a range of other
attempted fixes) - however nothing solves this problem.

Is this a bug in Microsoft Word 2007?


"LynneC" wrote:

I am seeing my text turn blue as I type in a table in Word 2007. It darkens
to very dark blue so you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

This problem appears to be caused by the display driver, especially when
running under Vista. Check the website of the manufacturer of your display
card for updated drivers.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Gorilla" wrote in message
...
We are having this issue too. We have seen numerous posts on the Internet
of
others with the same issue but no fix. We've tried using a new normal.dot
template in case our original one is fault (along with a range of other
attempted fixes) - however nothing solves this problem.

Is this a bug in Microsoft Word 2007?


"LynneC" wrote:

I am seeing my text turn blue as I type in a table in Word 2007. It
darkens
to very dark blue so you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make
sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're
following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in
message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the
background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Thanks for your suggestion, however this issue appears both via Remote
Desktop and on the local PC's screen which would indicate it's not driver
related. Also, the PC having the fault runs Windows XP rather than Vista (and
it has a signed driver, and is patched right up to date).

Also, if we have open the document on completly computers we can replicate
the issue (on either XP or Vista). The issue occurs on the other computer
just for that file however, and not for new documents (unlike on the PC with
the issue where I understand it happens with any file).

How can we escalate this issue to get this bug fixed. How do we work around
it in the meantime?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

This problem appears to be caused by the display driver, especially when
running under Vista. Check the website of the manufacturer of your display
card for updated drivers.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Gorilla" wrote in message
...
We are having this issue too. We have seen numerous posts on the Internet
of
others with the same issue but no fix. We've tried using a new normal.dot
template in case our original one is fault (along with a range of other
attempted fixes) - however nothing solves this problem.

Is this a bug in Microsoft Word 2007?


"LynneC" wrote:

I am seeing my text turn blue as I type in a table in Word 2007. It
darkens
to very dark blue so you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make
sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're
following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in
message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turn blue in the
background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Hi Gorilla,

What are the steps to replicate it?

If it happens only in specific documents can you provide a link to a problem document and or screen shots?

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"Gorilla" wrote in message ...
Thanks for your suggestion, however this issue appears both via Remote
Desktop and on the local PC's screen which would indicate it's not driver
related. Also, the PC having the fault runs Windows XP rather than Vista (and
it has a signed driver, and is patched right up to date).

Also, if we have open the document on completly computers we can replicate
the issue (on either XP or Vista). The issue occurs on the other computer
just for that file however, and not for new documents (unlike on the PC with
the issue where I understand it happens with any file).

How can we escalate this issue to get this bug fixed. How do we work around
it in the meantime?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The problems appears to be a bug that automatically updated the
paragraph style for the table text to have a shading of blue. The
shade applies to the paragraph style not the table style. I was able
to fix my situation where I had white text on a blue background in
Word 2003. Here are the steps I followed.

1) Menu select: Format Styles and Formatting

This should bring up the list of Styles and Formats in use.

2) Select your table text.

You should see the style in effect in the Styles and Formats window at
the top. The text at the top should have the same formatting as what
you selected, in my case it had a blue background.

3) Right mouse click the Style at the top of the Styles and Formats
window and select Modify Style from the menu.

4) In the Modify Style dialog screen click the Format button down at
the lower left corner.

5) Select Border from the drop down menu.

Borders and Shading dialog appears.

6) Select the Shading tab and clear the shading in effect.

7) Click OK OK

And you should see removal of shading applied to all text using that
style. In my case much of whats in my tables.

Hope this helps.

M



On Apr 24, 1:25 am, Gorilla wrote:
Thanks for your suggestion, however this issue appears both via Remote
Desktop and on the local PC's screen which would indicate it's not driver
related. Also, the PC having the fault runs Windows XP rather than Vista (and
it has a signed driver, and is patched right up to date).

Also, if we have open the document on completly computers we can replicate
the issue (on either XP or Vista). The issue occurs on the other computer
just for that file however, and not for new documents (unlike on the PC with
the issue where I understand it happens with any file).

How can we escalate this issue to get this bug fixed. How do we work around
it in the meantime?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

This problem appears to be caused by the display driver, especially when
running under Vista. Check the website of the manufacturer of your display
card for updated drivers.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Gorilla" wrote in message
...
We are having this issue too. We have seen numerous posts on the Internet
of
others with the same issue but no fix. We've tried using a new normal.dot
template in case our original one is fault (along with a range of other
attempted fixes) - however nothing solves this problem.

Is this a bug in Microsoft Word 2007?

"LynneC" wrote:

I am seeing my text turnblueas I type in atablein Word 2007. It
darkens
to very darkblueso you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make
sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're
following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in
message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turnbluein the
background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Follow Up:

So, the problem came back, and my last solution was only a temporary
one, because the Document Map style is persistent, and according to
word it is not in use anywhere in the document. This style is
apparently used by the Document Map feature in Word to format the text
in the map. Somehow it got applied to my document and polluted it. I
did find a better way to get rid of it. I saved the document as a
Word 2007 docx file. This removed the style. I have Word 2003, so
hopefully switching between the two 2003 doc and docx will help me
manage this problem.

Hope this helps.

M


On Apr 29, 1:12 pm, wrote:
The problems appears to be a bug that automatically updated the
paragraph style for the table text to have a shading of blue. The
shade applies to the paragraph style not the table style. I was able
to fix my situation where I had white text on a blue background in
Word 2003. Here are the steps I followed.

1) Menu select: Format Styles and Formatting

This should bring up the list of Styles and Formats in use.

2) Select your table text.

You should see the style in effect in the Styles and Formats window at
the top. The text at the top should have the same formatting as what
you selected, in my case it had a blue background.

3) Right mouse click the Style at the top of the Styles and Formats
window and select Modify Style from the menu.

4) In the Modify Style dialog screen click the Format button down at
the lower left corner.

5) Select Border from the drop down menu.

Borders and Shading dialog appears.

6) Select the Shading tab and clear the shading in effect.

7) Click OK OK

And you should see removal of shading applied to all text using that
style. In my case much of whats in my tables.

Hope this helps.

M

On Apr 24, 1:25 am, Gorilla wrote:

Thanks for your suggestion, however this issue appears both via Remote
Desktop and on the local PC's screen which would indicate it's not driver
related. Also, the PC having the fault runs Windows XP rather than Vista (and
it has a signed driver, and is patched right up to date).

Also, if we have open the document on completly computers we can replicate
the issue (on either XP or Vista). The issue occurs on the other computer
just for that file however, and not for new documents (unlike on the PC with
the issue where I understand it happens with any file).

How can we escalate this issue to get this bug fixed. How do we work around
it in the meantime?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

This problem appears to be caused by the display driver, especially when
running under Vista. Check the website of the manufacturer of your display
card for updated drivers.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Gorilla" wrote in message
...
We are having this issue too. We have seen numerous posts on the Internet
of
others with the same issue but no fix. We've tried using a new normal.dot
template in case our original one is fault (along with a range of other
attempted fixes) - however nothing solves this problem.

Is this a bug in Microsoft Word 2007?

"LynneC" wrote:

I am seeing my text turnblueas I type in atablein Word 2007. It
darkens
to very darkblueso you cannot see what you're typing! Does not make
sense.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
-LynneC

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

What version of Word are you using and what are the steps you're
following when this occurs.

==========
"customshopkv1" wrote in
message
...
All of a sudden all my tables in a document will turnbluein the
background
and I have to scrap the document. What gives?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Do we have a fix for this? Otherwise I am going to have to go back to
WORD 2000.