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

ID: Q241508

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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

WORKAROUND

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vba table shading FormatParagraph ForegroundPatternColorIndex

Keywords : kbdta kbmacroexample word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug