When I just used it within a cell in a table in Word, it said "Black on White". I thought this meant black text on a white background. Danny ----- Original Message ----- From: alicia To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:38 PM Subject: Re: formatting in MS Word with JFW Danny: That keystroke reads the text content in the cell. I am needing to have JFW read the color of the background shading. Alicia "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of >seeing people towards them." >- Helen Keller, 1925 ----- Original Message ----- From: Danny Wells To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:14 PM Subject: Re: formatting in MS Word with JFW Hi Alicia, When in the cell in question, you might try insert plus the number 5? Danny ----- Original Message ----- From: alicia To: jfw Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:27 PM Subject: formatting in MS Word with JFW Hello, Everyone: I am formatting a table in Microsoft Word for a class have and one of the things we have to do is shade a cell a specific color. In this case it is blue. How do I check to make sure the shading is blue and I did not accidentally shade the cell a different color. I am wanting to verify that the cell is shaded the correct color before I turn it in for a grade. I do not have access to sighted help until after the document is due to be turned in. Thanks for your help. Alicia "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of >seeing people towards them." >- Helen Keller, 1925