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Shading Object (Word)

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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.

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

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

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.

ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Rows(1).Shading.Texture = _ 
 wdTextureVertical

See Also

Concepts

Shading Object Members

Word Object Model Reference