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Select the text to be shaded. To apply shading to an entire paragraph, place 1
the cursor anywhere in the paragraph.
Do one of the following things: 2
Display the Text Shading Styles palette (Window > Text Shading Styles) ●
and select a defined text shading style to apply to the text.
Use the controls in the Text Shading tab of the Measurements palette. ●
Apply a defined text shading style to either a character or paragraph style ●
sheet and apply that style sheet to the text.
You can select an empty text box or an empty paragraph in a text box as 
Step1. After Step 2, the text shading style will be applied to the text as you
are typing.
There is a difference between applying text shading to an entire paragraph, or to
just selected text. When using the Text Shading tab of the Measurements
palette, there is a drop-down menu allowing you to choose Paragraph or Text.
When using the Text Shading Styles palette, this is generally determined by what
you selected before choosing a text shading style to apply, with a few
exceptions.
If you select the Apply to Paragraph button and then apply text shading, the ●
text shading is applied to the complete paragraph even if text was previously
selected.
If you select the Apply to Character button and then apply text shading, the ●
text shading is applied to the selected text. If text was not selected then the
text shading will begin at the cursor and the shading will be visible as you
start typing.
This is what applying text shading to selected text looks like. It appears that the
shading is applied to each line individually, with the frame around each line: