Selection.Cells Property

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Word Developer Reference

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.

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

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