ColorIndex Property Example

This example changes the color of the text in the first paragraph in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.Font.ColorIndex = wdGreen

This example formats the selected text to appear in red.

Selection.Font.ColorIndex = wdRed

This example adds a dotted red border around each cell in the first table.

If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    For Each aBorder In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Borders
        aBorder.ColorIndex = wdRed
        aBorder.LineStyle = wdLineStyleDashDot
        aBorder.LineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
    Next aBorder
End If