Trying to find a way to reference the Body Background value...

[Natch]

You can also do it client-side using the DOM... you would need to do it in javascript, by assigning an id tag to the table cell in question, then changing that id using

id.background = document.body.background

or something similar...

OK - your TD needs to read

<td id="bodied" ...

and then you will need to write a javascript which is called in the onload for that page - I would need more info on where in your vB you are using this to be able to advise you further.

When you say "same background" do you mean background image, or background color, or the whole background definition?