Table shading in Word leaves text with unwanted white background
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I am using Word 2016 on Windows 10. I cannot get rid of the white background for text when I apply shading to specific table cells, as you can see below:
The shading is applied to the cell, but choosing any other value (text, paragraph, table) also results in the same behavior.
I am a seasoned Word user and this never used to happen before.
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I am using Word 2016 on Windows 10. I cannot get rid of the white background for text when I apply shading to specific table cells, as you can see below:
The shading is applied to the cell, but choosing any other value (text, paragraph, table) also results in the same behavior.
I am a seasoned Word user and this never used to happen before.
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asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
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Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10
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I am using Word 2016 on Windows 10. I cannot get rid of the white background for text when I apply shading to specific table cells, as you can see below:
The shading is applied to the cell, but choosing any other value (text, paragraph, table) also results in the same behavior.
I am a seasoned Word user and this never used to happen before.
microsoft-word text-formatting microsoft-word-2016
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
I am using Word 2016 on Windows 10. I cannot get rid of the white background for text when I apply shading to specific table cells, as you can see below:
The shading is applied to the cell, but choosing any other value (text, paragraph, table) also results in the same behavior.
I am a seasoned Word user and this never used to happen before.
microsoft-word text-formatting microsoft-word-2016
microsoft-word text-formatting microsoft-word-2016
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
edited Jun 3 at 5:59
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
asked Jun 2 at 18:37
Sabuncu
2071618
2071618
Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10
add a comment |
Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10
Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10
Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10
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Highlight the text - right click - go to border and shading - apply to text - chose colour - if you don't highlight the text the text option won't come up. then you can change text background colour - then go borders and shading and chose cell - then you can chose same colour from there - took me two hours of googling and trial and error before I luckily hit the right options
answered Aug 15 at 9:23
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For me, if I clicked "apply to text" then it only changed the actual text background but still left white space everywhere else within the cell.
So I had to go to "apply to paragraph" to get it to apply to the entire cell. If I did "apply to cell" it didn't matter.
Also, I had to select each cell individually in order for this to work. If I selected an entire row and tried to apply to paragraph, it did nothing.
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
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Highlight the text - right click - go to border and shading - apply to text - chose colour - if you don't highlight the text the text option won't come up. then you can change text background colour - then go borders and shading and chose cell - then you can chose same colour from there - took me two hours of googling and trial and error before I luckily hit the right options
answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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Highlight the text - right click - go to border and shading - apply to text - chose colour - if you don't highlight the text the text option won't come up. then you can change text background colour - then go borders and shading and chose cell - then you can chose same colour from there - took me two hours of googling and trial and error before I luckily hit the right options
answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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Highlight the text - right click - go to border and shading - apply to text - chose colour - if you don't highlight the text the text option won't come up. then you can change text background colour - then go borders and shading and chose cell - then you can chose same colour from there - took me two hours of googling and trial and error before I luckily hit the right options
answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
111
Highlight the text - right click - go to border and shading - apply to text - chose colour - if you don't highlight the text the text option won't come up. then you can change text background colour - then go borders and shading and chose cell - then you can chose same colour from there - took me two hours of googling and trial and error before I luckily hit the right options
answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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answered Aug 15 at 9:23
Adrian
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For me, if I clicked "apply to text" then it only changed the actual text background but still left white space everywhere else within the cell.
So I had to go to "apply to paragraph" to get it to apply to the entire cell. If I did "apply to cell" it didn't matter.
Also, I had to select each cell individually in order for this to work. If I selected an entire row and tried to apply to paragraph, it did nothing.
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
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For me, if I clicked "apply to text" then it only changed the actual text background but still left white space everywhere else within the cell.
So I had to go to "apply to paragraph" to get it to apply to the entire cell. If I did "apply to cell" it didn't matter.
Also, I had to select each cell individually in order for this to work. If I selected an entire row and tried to apply to paragraph, it did nothing.
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
1
add a comment |
up vote
0
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up vote
0
down vote
For me, if I clicked "apply to text" then it only changed the actual text background but still left white space everywhere else within the cell.
So I had to go to "apply to paragraph" to get it to apply to the entire cell. If I did "apply to cell" it didn't matter.
Also, I had to select each cell individually in order for this to work. If I selected an entire row and tried to apply to paragraph, it did nothing.
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
1
For me, if I clicked "apply to text" then it only changed the actual text background but still left white space everywhere else within the cell.
So I had to go to "apply to paragraph" to get it to apply to the entire cell. If I did "apply to cell" it didn't matter.
Also, I had to select each cell individually in order for this to work. If I selected an entire row and tried to apply to paragraph, it did nothing.
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
1
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
1
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
1
answered Nov 30 at 16:56
Sharon G.
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Format the text background to match the shading colour.
– DavidPostill♦
Jun 2 at 19:10