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Shape.Fill Property

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Returns a FillFormat object that contains fill formatting properties for the specified shape. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Fill

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Example

This example adds a rectangle to myDocument and then sets the foreground color, background color, and gradient for the rectangle's fill.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = Documents(1)
With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
        90, 90, 90, 50).Fill
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)
    .BackColor.RGB = RGB(170, 170, 170)
    .TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1
End With

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