shading alternate rows

[Jackie D]

Hi

I have a table with four columns and several rows. I want to shade each
alternate row. I am manually shading at the moment. Is there a way I can
speed it up by copying and pasting the shaded rows?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Running a macro containing the following code will apply shading to
alternate rows of the table in which the selection is located:

Dim i As Long
Dim atable As Table
Set atable = Selection.Tables(1)
With atable
For i = 2 To .Rows.Count Step 2
.Rows(i).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorGray05
Next i
End With


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Tony Jollans]

It depends a bit on what version of Word you have but take a look at Table >
AutoFormat to set up a striped table.

 

[Jackie D]

Thank you, Doug
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Jackie D

Running a macro containing the following code will apply shading to
alternate rows of the table in which the selection is located:

Dim i As Long
Dim atable As Table
Set atable = Selection.Tables(1)
With atable
For i = 2 To .Rows.Count Step 2
.Rows(i).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorGray05
Next i
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

 

[Jackie D]

Thanks you. I have 2003. I'll check out autoformat

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Word 2002 and 2003, you also have access to table styles (the successor
to AutoFormats, they can be user-defined), and row striping is one of the
properties you can define in the style. Although table styles are flaky in
other ways (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html),
they can be extremely helpful when you need alternate row shading.

 

[Jackie D]

Thanks Suzanne. I'll have a play!
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Jackie D

In Word 2002 and 2003, you also have access to table styles (the successor
to AutoFormats, they can be user-defined), and row striping is one of the
properties you can define in the style. Although table styles are flaky in
other ways (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/tablestyles/index.html),
they can be extremely helpful when you need alternate row shading.