Word.Selection.Cells.md

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Selection.Cells property (Word)	vbawd10.chm158662713	vbawd10.chm158662713	Word.Selection.Cells	4b808b86-42ba-ccb4-b19a-87b134df3b79	06/08/2017	medium

Selection.Cells property (Word)

Returns a Cells collection that represents the table cells in a selection. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Cells

expression A variable that represents a Selection object.

Remarks

For information about returning a single member of a collection, see Returning an object from a collection.

Example

This example sets the current cell's background color to red.

If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then 
 Selection.Cells(1).Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed 
Else 
 MsgBox "The insertion point is not in a table." 
End If

See also

Selection Object

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