Returns or sets the color that's applied to the background of the Shading object. Read/write WdColorIndex.
| WdColorIndex can be one of these WdColorIndex constants. |
| wdAuto |
| wdBlack |
| wdBlue |
| wdBrightGreen |
| wdByAuthor |
| wdDarkBlue |
| wdDarkRed |
| wdDarkYellow |
| wdGray25 |
| wdGray50 |
| wdGreen |
| wdNoHighlight |
| wdPink |
| wdRed |
| wdTeal |
| wdTurquoise |
| wdViolet |
| wdWhite |
| wdYellow |
expression.BackgroundPatternColorIndex
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Example
This example applies cyan background shading to the first paragraph in the active document.
Dim rngTemp As Range
Set rngTemp = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range
rngTemp.Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdTurquoise
This example adds a table at the insertion point and then applies light gray background shading to the first cell.
Dim tableNew As Table
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Set tableNew = ActiveDocument.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, _
NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2)
tableNew.Cell(1, 1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = _
wdGray25