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Shading Object

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Contains shading attributes for an object.

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Use the Shading property to return the Shading object. The following example applies fine gray shading to the first paragraph in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Shading.Texture = wdTexture10Percent

The following example applies shading with different foreground and background colors to the selection.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Selection.Shading
    .Texture = wdTexture20Percent
    .ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdBlue
    .BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdYellow
End With

The following example applies a vertical line texture to the first row in the first table in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Shading.Texture = _
    wdTextureVertical

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