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Yes, it is possible to shade a cell in Word 4.0D.  I found this tip in
the May 1991 issue of MacWorld (pg. 216).  Here is a short summary.

Type the following PostScript commands as a separate one-line
paragraph at the beginning of the cell.

 .cell. .75 setgray wp$box fill

Be sure to press Return at the end of the line.  Select the whole line
and apply the PostScript style to the line.  You can do that by
holding the Shift Key and choosing All Styles from the Format Menu and
double clicking PostScript in the dialog box that appears.

The tip goes on to tell you how to shade an entire row.  Also, be sure
that the Print Hidden Text option is not selected.  MacWorld gives
credit to this tip to Alison Moore-Smith of Orem, Utah, and I do too.

Regards,
S. Reed