WD97: ParagraphFormat.Shading Shades Cells Black Instead of Selected Color (241508)

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When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro to shade text contained in a table cell, the text may be shaded with black instead of the color shading that you specified in your macro code.

For example, if you select the four center cells of a Word table with four rows and four columns, and then run the following Visual Basic for Applications macro code, the selected cells will be shaded black instead of red:

With Selection.ParagraphFormat.Shading
   .ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
   .Texture = wdTextureSolid
End With

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Use the Paragraphs.Format.Shading function instead of ParagraphFormat.Shading, as in the following example:

Sub Test()
    Dim pr As Paragraph
    For Each pr In Selection.Paragraphs
        With pr.Format.Shading
            .ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
            .Texture = wdTextureSolid
        End With
    Next
End Sub

WD97: ParagraphFormat.Shading Shades Cells Black Instead of Selected Color (241508)

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