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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
I have added cell shading to a table cell in word. Now I would like to
repeat this color in another cell. But I cannot figure out what the current color is. The "Shading" tool does not display the current shading of the cell. When the cell was first shaded, the color was then displayed in the "recently used colors" list. But since closing word and reopening, this list is blank. How can I determine what the cell shading is, or copy the shading to another cell? Thanks. -- Bill Clark www.earthpoint.us |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
"owyheerover" wrote:
I have added cell shading to a table cell in word. Now I would like to repeat this color in another cell. But I cannot figure out what the current color is. The "Shading" tool does not display the current shading of the cell. When the cell was first shaded, the color was then displayed in the "recently used colors" list. But since closing word and reopening, this list is blank. How can I determine what the cell shading is, or copy the shading to another cell? If you selectt he cell, and then do Format Borders and Shading... Shading tab, Word will tell you the shade being used in the current cell. Just make sure to select cell(s) that all have the exact same colour. To copy quickly from one cell to another, I believe you need a macro for that. Do you want to go that way or just do it manually? |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
For me, using Word 2007, the shading tab does not show the current color.
The conditions are 1) it is a custom color 2) close word and reopen the file. You can see a picture at http://www.earthpoint.us/downloads/shading.jpg -- Bill Clark www.earthpoint.us "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote: "owyheerover" wrote: I have added cell shading to a table cell in word. Now I would like to repeat this color in another cell. But I cannot figure out what the current color is. The "Shading" tool does not display the current shading of the cell. When the cell was first shaded, the color was then displayed in the "recently used colors" list. But since closing word and reopening, this list is blank. How can I determine what the cell shading is, or copy the shading to another cell? If you selectt he cell, and then do Format Borders and Shading... Shading tab, Word will tell you the shade being used in the current cell. Just make sure to select cell(s) that all have the exact same colour. To copy quickly from one cell to another, I believe you need a macro for that. Do you want to go that way or just do it manually? |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
The following will set the shading of the first table in a document to the
shading that is applied to the cell in the first column of the first row of the second table in the document. With ActiveDocument .Tables(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = .Tables(2).Cell(1, 1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor End With -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "owyheerover" wrote in message ... I have added cell shading to a table cell in word. Now I would like to repeat this color in another cell. But I cannot figure out what the current color is. The "Shading" tool does not display the current shading of the cell. When the cell was first shaded, the color was then displayed in the "recently used colors" list. But since closing word and reopening, this list is blank. How can I determine what the cell shading is, or copy the shading to another cell? Thanks. -- Bill Clark www.earthpoint.us |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
"Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:
If you selectt he cell, and then do Format Borders and Shading... Shading tab, Word will tell you the shade being used in the current cell. Just make sure to select cell(s) that all have the exact same colour. If you've done one cell, you can select another cell and hit F4, to apply the same shading. Klaus |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
Klaus Linke;381011 Wrote: "Jean-Guy Marcil" wrote:- If you selectt he cell, and then do Format Borders and Shading... Shading tab, Word will tell you the shade being used in the current cell. Just make sure to select cell(s) that all have the exact same colour.- If you've done one cell, you can select another cell and hit F4, to apply the same shading. Klaus you can ctrl + c to cell padding which you want copy, or you block your cell padding after that copy.. and paste to your word. -- hks |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
"owyheerover" wrote:
For me, using Word 2007, the shading tab does not show the current color. The conditions are 1) it is a custom color 2) close word and reopen the file. You can see a picture at http://www.earthpoint.us/downloads/shading.jpg And if you click on "More Colours..."? |
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How to copy table cell shading to another cell in Word?
It's too bad that W2007 is even more picky about giving up the color numbers
than W2003 is (you can't just have the cursor in the cell; the cell must be selected, etc.). You've probably already noticed that as long as you are in the same W2007 session that the color was chosen in, it will be highlighted in either in the theme, standard colors, or recent colors sections of the shading dropdown. In later sessions, go to the reveal formatting pane (styles pane style inspector (does anyone see a use for this feature?) button reveal formatting button—or add the reveal formatting command to your QAT) to get the color number. PamC owyheerover wrote: For me, using Word 2007, the shading tab does not show the current color. The conditions are 1) it is a custom color 2) close word and reopen the file. You can see a picture at http://www.earthpoint.us/downloads/shading.jpg I have added cell shading to a table cell in word. Now I would like to repeat this color in another cell. But I cannot figure out what the current [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] To copy quickly from one cell to another, I believe you need a macro for that. Do you want to go that way or just do it manually? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ables/200811/1 |
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