Q241508: WD97: ParagraphFormat.Shading Shades Cells Black

Article: Q241508
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbmacroexample word8 word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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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 how to use 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
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vba table shading FormatParagraph ForegroundPatternColorIndex

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Keywords          : kbdta kbmacroexample word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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