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I have a table that I have attempted to set up as follows (contrived example):



% Preview source code

%% LyX 2.3.2-2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
documentclass[english]{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
usepackage{geometry}
geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
usepackage{array}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}

makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
%% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline
providecommand{tabularnewline}{\}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links
usepackage{colortbl}

makeatother

usepackage{babel}
begin{document}
noindent begin{flushleft}
rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
& & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
& & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
multirow{8}{*}{cellcolor{white}rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
parend{flushleft}
end{document}


Apologies in advance for this being generated code, but a commenter below asked for a complete compilable example instead of just the tabular snippet that I had had originally posted. Hopefully this will make it clearer, but I apologize in advance if it has obfuscated the problem.



Anyways, this renders as:



Table



As seen, the sideways header that I am using on the left side of the table gets overwritten by the color of the row, interrupting the text.



What I would like to do is have that entire first column containing the left row header be white on all rows, which I tried to do by adding cellcolor{white} to the multirow cell, but as the image indicates, it only cleared the top gray strip in that cell, and didn't do anything to the rest of the first column.



How can I get the full text of the header to show up correctly?










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  • I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

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I have a table that I have attempted to set up as follows (contrived example):



% Preview source code

%% LyX 2.3.2-2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
documentclass[english]{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
usepackage{geometry}
geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
usepackage{array}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}

makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
%% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline
providecommand{tabularnewline}{\}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links
usepackage{colortbl}

makeatother

usepackage{babel}
begin{document}
noindent begin{flushleft}
rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
& & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
& & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
multirow{8}{*}{cellcolor{white}rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
parend{flushleft}
end{document}


Apologies in advance for this being generated code, but a commenter below asked for a complete compilable example instead of just the tabular snippet that I had had originally posted. Hopefully this will make it clearer, but I apologize in advance if it has obfuscated the problem.



Anyways, this renders as:



Table



As seen, the sideways header that I am using on the left side of the table gets overwritten by the color of the row, interrupting the text.



What I would like to do is have that entire first column containing the left row header be white on all rows, which I tried to do by adding cellcolor{white} to the multirow cell, but as the image indicates, it only cleared the top gray strip in that cell, and didn't do anything to the rest of the first column.



How can I get the full text of the header to show up correctly?










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  • Can you please make your code snippet compilable, then we have not to guess what you are doing?

    – Kurt
    8 hours ago











  • I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

    – Mark
    8 hours ago














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I have a table that I have attempted to set up as follows (contrived example):



% Preview source code

%% LyX 2.3.2-2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
documentclass[english]{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
usepackage{geometry}
geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
usepackage{array}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}

makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
%% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline
providecommand{tabularnewline}{\}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links
usepackage{colortbl}

makeatother

usepackage{babel}
begin{document}
noindent begin{flushleft}
rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
& & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
& & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
multirow{8}{*}{cellcolor{white}rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
parend{flushleft}
end{document}


Apologies in advance for this being generated code, but a commenter below asked for a complete compilable example instead of just the tabular snippet that I had had originally posted. Hopefully this will make it clearer, but I apologize in advance if it has obfuscated the problem.



Anyways, this renders as:



Table



As seen, the sideways header that I am using on the left side of the table gets overwritten by the color of the row, interrupting the text.



What I would like to do is have that entire first column containing the left row header be white on all rows, which I tried to do by adding cellcolor{white} to the multirow cell, but as the image indicates, it only cleared the top gray strip in that cell, and didn't do anything to the rest of the first column.



How can I get the full text of the header to show up correctly?










share|improve this question
















I have a table that I have attempted to set up as follows (contrived example):



% Preview source code

%% LyX 2.3.2-2 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
documentclass[english]{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
usepackage{geometry}
geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
usepackage{array}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}

makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
%% Because html converters don't know tabularnewline
providecommand{tabularnewline}{\}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links
usepackage{colortbl}

makeatother

usepackage{babel}
begin{document}
noindent begin{flushleft}
rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
& & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
& & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
multirow{8}{*}{cellcolor{white}rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
& Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
parend{flushleft}
end{document}


Apologies in advance for this being generated code, but a commenter below asked for a complete compilable example instead of just the tabular snippet that I had had originally posted. Hopefully this will make it clearer, but I apologize in advance if it has obfuscated the problem.



Anyways, this renders as:



Table



As seen, the sideways header that I am using on the left side of the table gets overwritten by the color of the row, interrupting the text.



What I would like to do is have that entire first column containing the left row header be white on all rows, which I tried to do by adding cellcolor{white} to the multirow cell, but as the image indicates, it only cleared the top gray strip in that cell, and didn't do anything to the rest of the first column.



How can I get the full text of the header to show up correctly?







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  • Can you please make your code snippet compilable, then we have not to guess what you are doing?

    – Kurt
    8 hours ago











  • I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

    – Mark
    8 hours ago



















  • Can you please make your code snippet compilable, then we have not to guess what you are doing?

    – Kurt
    8 hours ago











  • I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

    – Mark
    8 hours ago

















Can you please make your code snippet compilable, then we have not to guess what you are doing?

– Kurt
8 hours ago





Can you please make your code snippet compilable, then we have not to guess what you are doing?

– Kurt
8 hours ago













I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

– Mark
8 hours ago





I provided only a snippet because that was all that was relevant. I have now pasted a full sample document as generated by the TeX editor I am using

– Mark
8 hours ago










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Using multirow is the cause of your troubles.



documentclass{article}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links

begin{document}

begin{flushleft}
begin{tabular}{@{}c}
rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{Lorem ipsumhspace{2dimexprhtstrutbox+dpstrutbox}}
end{tabular}%
rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
begin{tabular}{cccccc}
& multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
& Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
end{flushleft}

end{document}


I have reduced the document to the minimum necessary.



Note that noindentbegin{flushleft} is nonsense, because it just adds unwanted vertical space (a blank line). Also parend{flushleft} is not necessary.



enter image description here



What does the strange hspace command? It adds the vertical size of the two header rows.






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    In the following code, I have added a cellcolor{white} command to all the cells that are in a gray row and should actually have a white background. I have also shifted the multirow command from the first row to the last row and used -8 instead of 8:



    documentclass[english]{article}
    usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
    usepackage{geometry}
    geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
    usepackage{array}
    usepackage{multirow}
    usepackage{graphicx}

    usepackage[table]{xcolor}


    begin{document}
    noindent
    begin{flushleft}
    rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
    begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
    & & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
    & & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
    cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    multirow{-8}{*}{rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
    end{tabular}
    parend{flushleft}
    end{document}


    enter image description here






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      Using multirow is the cause of your troubles.



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{graphicx}
      usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links

      begin{document}

      begin{flushleft}
      begin{tabular}{@{}c}
      rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{Lorem ipsumhspace{2dimexprhtstrutbox+dpstrutbox}}
      end{tabular}%
      rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
      begin{tabular}{cccccc}
      & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
      & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
      end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
      end{flushleft}

      end{document}


      I have reduced the document to the minimum necessary.



      Note that noindentbegin{flushleft} is nonsense, because it just adds unwanted vertical space (a blank line). Also parend{flushleft} is not necessary.



      enter image description here



      What does the strange hspace command? It adds the vertical size of the two header rows.






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        Using multirow is the cause of your troubles.



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{graphicx}
        usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links

        begin{document}

        begin{flushleft}
        begin{tabular}{@{}c}
        rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{Lorem ipsumhspace{2dimexprhtstrutbox+dpstrutbox}}
        end{tabular}%
        rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
        begin{tabular}{cccccc}
        & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
        & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
        end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
        end{flushleft}

        end{document}


        I have reduced the document to the minimum necessary.



        Note that noindentbegin{flushleft} is nonsense, because it just adds unwanted vertical space (a blank line). Also parend{flushleft} is not necessary.



        enter image description here



        What does the strange hspace command? It adds the vertical size of the two header rows.






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          Using multirow is the cause of your troubles.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{graphicx}
          usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links

          begin{document}

          begin{flushleft}
          begin{tabular}{@{}c}
          rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{Lorem ipsumhspace{2dimexprhtstrutbox+dpstrutbox}}
          end{tabular}%
          rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
          begin{tabular}{cccccc}
          & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
          & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
          end{flushleft}

          end{document}


          I have reduced the document to the minimum necessary.



          Note that noindentbegin{flushleft} is nonsense, because it just adds unwanted vertical space (a blank line). Also parend{flushleft} is not necessary.



          enter image description here



          What does the strange hspace command? It adds the vertical size of the two header rows.






          share|improve this answer













          Using multirow is the cause of your troubles.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{graphicx}
          usepackage[table]{xcolor} %for use in color links

          begin{document}

          begin{flushleft}
          begin{tabular}{@{}c}
          rotatebox[origin=c]{90}{Lorem ipsumhspace{2dimexprhtstrutbox+dpstrutbox}}
          end{tabular}%
          rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
          begin{tabular}{cccccc}
          & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
          & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
          end{tabular}rowcolors{2}{}{}
          end{flushleft}

          end{document}


          I have reduced the document to the minimum necessary.



          Note that noindentbegin{flushleft} is nonsense, because it just adds unwanted vertical space (a blank line). Also parend{flushleft} is not necessary.



          enter image description here



          What does the strange hspace command? It adds the vertical size of the two header rows.







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              In the following code, I have added a cellcolor{white} command to all the cells that are in a gray row and should actually have a white background. I have also shifted the multirow command from the first row to the last row and used -8 instead of 8:



              documentclass[english]{article}
              usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
              usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
              usepackage{geometry}
              geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
              usepackage{array}
              usepackage{multirow}
              usepackage{graphicx}

              usepackage[table]{xcolor}


              begin{document}
              noindent
              begin{flushleft}
              rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
              begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
              & & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
              & & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
              cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              multirow{-8}{*}{rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
              end{tabular}
              parend{flushleft}
              end{document}


              enter image description here






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                In the following code, I have added a cellcolor{white} command to all the cells that are in a gray row and should actually have a white background. I have also shifted the multirow command from the first row to the last row and used -8 instead of 8:



                documentclass[english]{article}
                usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
                usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
                usepackage{geometry}
                geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
                usepackage{array}
                usepackage{multirow}
                usepackage{graphicx}

                usepackage[table]{xcolor}


                begin{document}
                noindent
                begin{flushleft}
                rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
                begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
                & & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
                & & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
                cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                multirow{-8}{*}{rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                end{tabular}
                parend{flushleft}
                end{document}


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                  In the following code, I have added a cellcolor{white} command to all the cells that are in a gray row and should actually have a white background. I have also shifted the multirow command from the first row to the last row and used -8 instead of 8:



                  documentclass[english]{article}
                  usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
                  usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
                  usepackage{geometry}
                  geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
                  usepackage{array}
                  usepackage{multirow}
                  usepackage{graphicx}

                  usepackage[table]{xcolor}


                  begin{document}
                  noindent
                  begin{flushleft}
                  rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
                  begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
                  & & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
                  & & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  multirow{-8}{*}{rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  end{tabular}
                  parend{flushleft}
                  end{document}


                  enter image description here






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                  In the following code, I have added a cellcolor{white} command to all the cells that are in a gray row and should actually have a white background. I have also shifted the multirow command from the first row to the last row and used -8 instead of 8:



                  documentclass[english]{article}
                  usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
                  usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
                  usepackage{geometry}
                  geometry{verbose,tmargin=0.25in,bmargin=0.25cm,lmargin=0.25cm,rmargin=0.25cm}
                  usepackage{array}
                  usepackage{multirow}
                  usepackage{graphicx}

                  usepackage[table]{xcolor}


                  begin{document}
                  noindent
                  begin{flushleft}
                  rowcolors{3}{gray!20}{}%
                  begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
                  & & multicolumn{5}{c}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}tabularnewline
                  & & Header & Header & Header & Header & Headertabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  cellcolor{white} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  multirow{-8}{*}{rotatebox{90}{Lorem ipsum}} & Content & ### & ### & ### & ### & ###tabularnewline
                  end{tabular}
                  parend{flushleft}
                  end{document}


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