filling entire table cell in Word?

[mpmc]

I am working with a pre-existing table in word (2002). In one column only,
the fill does not fill the entire cell. It leaves a small strip of white at
the bottom. I can't find any formatting differences that would explain this.
This is repeated in this one column throughout the table in any rows with
fill. If a create a new row from scratch, it works fine until I paste it into
the table! Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Make sure the shading is applied to the cell and not the paragraph (text).