Shading gaps between paragraph styles

Word 2000 on XP OS - Styles include space before and
after. 12 pt. font size w/leading set to exactly 15
points. Need to shade only certain paragraphs. When style
changes (ex. from Normal to Bullet Level 1 to Bullet
Level 2) there are gaps between the styles where shading
stops, so a white space prints. If same style follows
itself, there is no gap. Went to Format Borders and
Shading Borders tab Options button (Apply to:
Paragraph). Apparently the "space from" options are only
for borders, but I need them to be for shading to fill in
the gaps. How can this be done?

Hi JT,

You'll probably have to remove the "Space before/after" manually from the
paragraphs above and below the gap, to get rid of the gap, and then apply
borders to get the same spacing between paragraphs as before (15 pt + 12
pt).
That is a lot of fiddling.

It may be simpler to use a borderless table, and shading applied to the
cells instead of the paragraphs.
You'll probably need to change the space before/after to 6 pt, since Word
will use the larger of both values in paragraphs (that is, 12 pt in your
case), whereas the space before/after always adds up in tables (6 pt + 6 pt
= 12 pt).
You could also use the top and bottom cell margins instead of "paragraph
space before/after"... it shouldn't make a difference.

Regards,
Klaus


JT wrote:
Word 2000 on XP OS - Styles include space before and
after. 12 pt. font size w/leading set to exactly 15
points. Need to shade only certain paragraphs. When style
changes (ex. from Normal to Bullet Level 1 to Bullet
Level 2) there are gaps between the styles where shading
stops, so a white space prints. If same style follows
itself, there is no gap. Went to Format Borders and
Shading Borders tab Options button (Apply to:
Paragraph). Apparently the "space from" options are only
for borders, but I need them to be for shading to fill in
the gaps. How can this be done?