text boxes in microsoft word

[tziviak]

I have a file which i have to fix up that has some text boxes in it.
Now I want to change the background of the textboxes to a lighter shade of grey.-so it's no problem-I just click on it-right click... and change colors

Now I have some "text Boxes" -they look like text boxes-with a border and the background color-but when I click on it-it doesn't get surrounded with a border-which I can click on-what is it-if not a text box? and how do I change its background color?
thank you

 

[bluedragon2]

It may be a border. Highlite the text and on the menu bar:
view/toolbars/Tables and Borders

look at the fill color.

Blue

 

[tziviak]

That worked-thanks