Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex Property (Word)
Returns or sets the color that's applied to the background of the Shading object. Read/write WdColorIndex.
Syntax
expression .BackgroundPatternColorIndex
expression Required. A variable that represents a Shading object.
Example
This example applies cyan background shading to the first paragraph in the active document.
Dim rngTemp As Range
Set rngTemp = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range
rngTemp.Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdTurquoise
This example adds a table at the insertion point and then applies light gray background shading to the first cell.
Dim tableNew As Table
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
Set tableNew = ActiveDocument.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, _
NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2)
tableNew.Cell(1, 1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = _
wdGray25