Ann: In tables, either the paragraph in a cell, or the cell itself may have borders and shading assigned. In the Borders and Shading dialog box, see what's selected in the Apply To list, and explore whether other objects may enable the fill and line color options. Bear -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fitzmaurice, Ann E. Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:38 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] line and fill colour=20 hi=20 =20 have been sent a document where the contents of a cell haave been highlighted , have amended but cannot remove the highlighting as the fill and line colour are greyed out , can anyone help =20 ann =20 =20 Ann E Fitzmaurice Medical Statistician Immpact ,University of Aberdeen Health Sciences Building Foresterhill Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD Scotland ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************