Could be, John, but that's why I asked for clarification from the OP - There
just isn't enough info to be certain of anything, including exactly what has
been looked at already.
However, that was my first thought as well. But I played with this before I
posted as well as since reading your reply & just can't make it happen your
way :-) I find it impossible to select an end of cell marker - clicking the
marker simply inserts the cursor into the cell - so no matter how I apply
the border (cell, paragraph, text, table) I get a border or shading around
the cell content, not just the marker. If the cell has no content the
fill/border applies to the entire interior of the empty cell. When content
is then entered into the cell it is constrained within the border/fill. I
just don't see any way to get the marker *only* bordered or filled, having
it appear as "a block shape appearing at the base of the cells".
I also don't see how the border/shading could print if not visible on
screen.
That's why I went for the print driver... Perhaps its picking up the
non-printing marker as a printable character. And of course we haven't yet
gotten to the matter of a potentially corrupt table;-)
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 10/9/07 5:41 AM, in article C33182DD.9FFF%john@mcghie.name, "John McGhie"
<john.TakeThisOut@mcghie.name> wrote:
> Bob thinks it's the printer driver. I think it's Paragraph Shading (either
> or neither of us could be correct...)
>
> 1) Turn on your Show/Hide button on the Standard toolbar so that you can
> see the paragraph marks.
>
> 2) Look for the little "star" shape in each cell.
>
> 3) Click on the star shape (the end-of-cell marker) and go to
> Format>Borders and shading...
>
> Chances are, you will see a pale blue border applied to the paragraph (not
> the cell, only to the paragraph). The effect you describe is what that
> would cause.
>
> 4) Select the whole table, then go back to Format...Borders and choose
> "None".
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 9/10/07 1:02 PM, in article
> 1191900774.793251.266570.TakeThisOut@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com, "Ms Coast"
> <info.TakeThisOut@creativejungle.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi there. I've a problem printing tables created in Word... The tables
>> look fine on my display, still when I come to print them, each field
>> has an eroneous pale blue block shape appearing at the base of the
>> cells. There doesn't seem to be any kind of formatting to select &
>> clear to remove them. Any ideas what's going on anyone?
>> Many thanks for any advice.Ms Coast
>> >> Stay informed about: Help :-) Problem printing tables created in Word... 
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