Index: java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/rtflib/rtfdoc/RtfText.java
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--- java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/rtflib/rtfdoc/RtfText.java   (revision 267166)
+++ java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/rtflib/rtfdoc/RtfText.java   (working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
     /** constant for subscript */
     public static final String ATTR_SUBSCRIPT = "sub";
 
+    /** RtfText attributes: paragraph shading attributes */
+    /** Constant for the shading of the paragraph */
+    public static final String SHADING = "shading";
+    /** Constant for the document's color tableshading of the paragraph */    
+    public static final String SHADING_FRONT_COLOR = "cfpat";
+    /** Constant for the 100% shading of the paragraph */
+    public static final int FULL_SHADING = 10000;
+
     /** RtfText attributes: alignment attributes */
     /** constant for align center */
     public static final String ALIGN_CENTER = "qc";
Index: java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/TextAttributesConverter.java
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--- java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/TextAttributesConverter.java (revision 267166)
+++ java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/TextAttributesConverter.java (working copy)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         attrFont(fobj.getCommonFont(), attrib);
         attrFontColor(fobj.getColor(), attrib);
         //attrTextDecoration(fobj.getTextDecoration(), attrib);
-        attrBackgroundColor(fobj.getCommonBorderPaddingBackground(), attrib);
+        attrBlockBackgroundColor(fobj.getCommonBorderPaddingBackground(), attrib);
         attrBlockMargin(fobj.getCommonMarginBlock(), attrib);
         attrBlockTextAlign(fobj.getTextAlign(), attrib);
 
@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Reads background-color for block from <code>bpb</code> and writes it to
+     * <code>rtfAttr</code>.
+     */
+    private static void attrBlockBackgroundColor(
+           CommonBorderPaddingBackground bpb, RtfAttributes rtfAttr) {
+       if (bpb.hasBackground()) {
+           rtfAttr.set(RtfText.SHADING, RtfText.FULL_SHADING);
+           rtfAttr.set(RtfText.SHADING_FRONT_COLOR,
+                   convertFOPColorToRTF(bpb.backgroundColor));
+       }
+   }
+
+    /**
      * Reads background-color from bl and writes it to rtfAttr.
      *
      * @param bl the Block object the properties are read from