Table Property

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Table Property

       

Returns a TableStyle object representing properties that can be applied to a table using a table style.

expression.Table

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Style object.

Example

This example creates a new table style that specifies a surrounding border and special borders and shading for only the first and last rows and the last column.

Sub NewTableStyle()
    Dim styTable As Style

    Set styTable = ActiveDocument.Styles.Add( _
        Name:="TableStyle 1", Type:=wdStyleTypeTable)

    With styTable.Table

        'Apply borders around table, a double border to the heading row,
        'a double border to the last column, and shading to last row
        .Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
        .Borders(wdBorderBottom).LineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
        .Borders(wdBorderLeft).LineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
        .Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle

        .Condition(wdFirstRow).Borders(wdBorderBottom) _
            .LineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble

        .Condition(wdLastColumn).Borders(wdBorderLeft) _
            .LineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble

        .Condition(wdLastRow).Shading _
            .BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorGray125

    End With

End Sub