This example changes the color of the text in the first paragraph in the active document to green.
ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.Font.Color = wdColorGreen
This example changes the color of the selected text to dark red.
Selection.Font.Color = wdColorDarkRed
This example adds a dotted indigo border around each cell in the first table.
If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
For Each aBorder In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Borders
aBorder.Color = wdColorIndigo
aBorder.LineStyle = wdLineStyleDashDot
aBorder.LineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
Next aBorder
End If