Article ID: 183646
Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q183646
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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If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then
Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
Else
MsgBox "The insertion point is not in a table."
End If
For more information about the Cells property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Cells Property, click Search, and then click to view "Cells Property."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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