Article ID: 166786
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q166786
SYMPTOMS
If you have selected text within a table cell and you run the following sample Visual Basic for Applications code,
With Selection.Cells.Shading
.Texture = wdTextureSolid
.ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdAuto
End With
the shading is applied to the selected text only instead of the entire table cell.
WORKAROUND
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
To work around this problem, specify a table cell by index. For example, the following Visual Basic for Applications code specifies the cell containing the insertion point:
If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
Else
MsgBox "The insertion point is not in a table."
End If
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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