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Magenta Property [Publisher 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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Sets or returns a Long that represents the magenta component of a CMYK color. Value can be any number between 0 and 255. Read/write.

expression.Magenta

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

This example creates two new shapes and then sets the CMYK fill color for one shape and sets the CMYK values of the second shape to the same CMYK values.

Sub ReturnAndSetCMYK()
    Dim lngCyan As Long
    Dim lngMagenta As Long
    Dim lngYellow As Long
    Dim lngBlack As Long
    Dim shpHeart As Shape
    Dim shpStar As Shape

    Set shpHeart = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddShape _
        (Type:=msoShapeHeart, Left:=100, _
        Top:=100, Width:=100, Height:=100)
    Set shpStar = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddShape _
        (Type:=msoShape5pointStar, Left:=200, _
        Top:=100, Width:=150, Height:=150)

    With shpHeart.Fill.ForeColor.CMYK
       .SetCMYK Cyan:=10, Magenta:=80, Yellow:=200, Black:=30
        lngCyan = .Cyan
        lngMagenta = .Magenta
        lngYellow = .Yellow
        lngBlack = .Black
    End With

    'Sets new shape to current shapes CMYK colors
    shpStar.Fill.ForeColor.CMYK.SetCMYK _
        Cyan:=lngCyan, Magenta:=lngMagenta, _
        Yellow:=lngYellow, Black:=lngBlack
End Sub

Applies to | ColorCMYK Object