Show shaded text in table cell when used in header?

[MarkV]

I inserted a small table in the document header. I use
one of the cells as a label (ie Author)and then use the
adjacent cell to hold a name. I set the shading for the
label cell to 25% gray. I then type the text "Author"
into the shaded cell and the authors name (ie Jane Doe)
into the adjacent non-shaded cell.

When I set document View to Page Layout, the cell set with
shading does not show the text that was entered,
it's "covered up" by the gray shading.

Is there a way to have the text in the shaded cell
displayed when using page layout?
..

 

[RNelson]

-----Original Message-----
I inserted a small table in the document header. I use
one of the cells as a label (ie Author)and then use the
adjacent cell to hold a name. I set the shading for the
label cell to 25% gray. I then type the text "Author"
into the shaded cell and the authors name (ie Jane Doe)
into the adjacent non-shaded cell.

When I set document View to Page Layout, the cell set with
shading does not show the text that was entered,
it's "covered up" by the gray shading.

Is there a way to have the text in the shaded cell
displayed when using page layout?
..


.

Hi Mark,

Not sure what version of Word you're using. My Word 2002
has only Print Layout (not Page Layout).

Word automatically shows the Header in a lighter tone for
Print Layout (I guess so you'll know it's the Header).
You could maybe try setting your grey percentage to 10 or
15% - or change the color of your font to white

 

[MarkV]

Thanks... tried setting to 10% and that works okay...