Class Shading (Word VBA)

Contains shading attributes for an object. To use a Shading class variable it first needs to be instantiated, for example

Dim shd as Shading
Set shd = Selection.Shading

BackgroundPatternColor

Returns or sets the 24-bit color that's applied to the background of the Shading object. Here you can find possible values for WdColor.

This property can be any valid WdColor constant or a value returned by Visual Basic's RGB function.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range 
myRange.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = _ 
 wdColorTurquoise

BackgroundPatternColorIndex

Returns or sets the color that's applied to the background of the Shading object. Here you can find possible values for WdColorIndex.

Dim rngTemp As Range 
 
Set rngTemp = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range 
rngTemp.Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdTurquoise

ForegroundPatternColor

Returns or sets the 24-bit color that's applied to the foreground of the Shading object. This color is applied to the dots and lines in the shading pattern. Here you can find possible values for WdColor.

This property can be any valid WdColor constant or a value returned by Visual Basic's RGB function.

With Selection.Shading 
 .Texture = wdTexture30Percent 
 .ForegroundPatternColor = wdColorTeal 
 .BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorDarkRed 
End With

ForegroundPatternColorIndex

Returns or sets the color that's applied to the foreground of the Shading object. This color is applied to the dots and lines in the shading pattern. Here you can find possible values for WdColorIndex.

With Selection.Shading 
 .Texture = wdTexture30Percent 
 .ForegroundPatternColorIndex = wdBlue 
 .BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdYellow 
End With

Texture

Returns or sets the shading texture for the specified object. Here you can find possible values for WdTextureIndex.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range 
myRange.Shading.Texture = wdTextureCross