WD2000: Background Color Doesn't Show Through Text After Paragraph Shading Removed

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

After you remove shading (on the Format menu, click Borders and Shading) from a paragraph, the document background color may not show through the text.

NOTE: You must be in Web layout view (on the View menu, click Web Layout) to view a document with background color.

CAUSE

After you set shading to be a specific style and color, when you reset the shading style back to Clear, the shading color is not reset to Automatic (default).

WORKAROUND

When you want to remove paragraph shading and have the background color show through the text, do the following steps:

1. Select the text that has the shading pattern applied that you want to remove.



2. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading.



3. On the Shading tab, under Patterns, change the Color box to Automatic. Then change the Style box to Clear.
   
   NOTE: If you do not change the Color box to Automatic before changing the Style box to Clear, the background color of your document will not show through your text. Also, after the Style box is set to Clear, the Color box is dimmed (grayed out).



4. Make sure the Apply to box is set to Paragraph, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, when you format your text shading as gray (25%), Pattern Style 25%, and Pattern Color gray 25%, and your document background as yellow, your page in Web layout view should look similar to this:

	The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

However, when you change the text shading (Pattern Style) to Clear, your background color may not show through the text, similar to this:

	The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

After you use the Workaround in this article, the background color of your document will show through the text in Web layout view similar to this:

	The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

For more information about shading text, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "How do I shade a paragraph?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

For more information about document background color, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "How do I apply background color?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999