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CellFormat.Interior Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns an Interior object allowing the user to set or return the search criteria based on the cell's interior format.

Syntax

expression.Interior

expression   A variable that represents a CellFormat object.

Example

This example sets the search criteria to identify cells that contain a solid yellow interior, creates a cell with this condition, finds this cell, and notifies the user.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SearchCellFormat()

' Set the search criteria for the interior of the cell format.
With Application.FindFormat.<strong>Interior</strong>
    .ColorIndex = 6
    .Pattern = xlSolid
    .PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
End With

' Create a yellow interior for cell A5.
Range("A5").Select
With Selection.Interior
    .ColorIndex = 6
    .Pattern = xlSolid
    .PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
End With
Range("A1").Select
MsgBox "Cell A5 has a yellow interior."

' Find the cells based on the search criteria.
Cells.Find(What:="", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:= _
    xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False _
    , SearchFormat:=True).Activate
MsgBox "Microsoft Excel has found this cell matching the search criteria."



End Sub

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