To add to what Luc has said, if your font color is set to Automatic, then
when you select "dark" shading (black or any dark color), the font will
reverse to white, so it is not necessary to explicitly format it as white.
You can apply the shading to a paragraph or a table cell to get the desired
effect.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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