Shading Property

Applies To

Cell object, Cells collection object, Column object, Columns collection object, Font object, Frame object, Paragraph object, ParagraphFormat object, Paragraphs collection object, Range object, Row object, Rows collection object, Selection object, Style object, Table object.

Description

Returns a Shading object that refers to the shading formatting for the specified object. Read-only.

See Also

BackgroundPatternColorIndex property, FieldShading property, ForegroundPatternColorIndex property, Texture property.

Example

This example applies yellow shading to the first paragraph in the selection.

With Selection.Paragraphs(1).Shading
    .Texture = wdTexture12Pt5Percent
    .BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdYellow
    .ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdBlack
End With

This example applies horizontal line texture to the first row in table one.

If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    With ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Shading
        .Texture = wdTextureHorizontal
    End With
End If

This example applies 10 percent shading to the first word in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Words(1).Shading.Texture = wdTexture10Percent