If you have the "drawing toolbar" on your worksheet, try to select a single
cell and then try the shadow button. It worked in mine.

If you don't, go:
View - Toolbars - Drawing
and then try the above.

"Manoj" wrote:

Please see if cell shading is possible with patterns like we can do with the
objects - i.e., fill effects with gradients, texture, patterns, picture.

This will be of great help in creating attractive presentations / documents.

Thanks.

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