2010 Word / VBA code to change font outline color

[KenWit]

Nothing on the web about how to do this. I'd like to change the outline font color of selected text from black to light gray.
(It's the special effects outline, on the ribbon drop-down menu to the left of the text highlight.
Not the one in the font dialogue box check-box list that can be manipulated with selection.Font.Outline.)
Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[KenWit]

Bumping thread, in case someone has a solution to this.
Programically changing the line weight of the outline, from 1/4 pt to 1/2 pt, would be helpful too.

 

[Macropod]

I'm not aware those methods are exposed to VBA. That said, you could use Sendkeys:

Sub Demo()
'Change Text Outline Colour - change the RGB values to suit
SendKeys "%Hftom^{TAB}%R255%G127%B0{ENTER}"
'Change Text Outline Weight - add more {DOWN} expressions to increase weight.
SendKeys "%Hftow{DOWN}{ENTER}"
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

 

[KenWit]

Wow. Awesome! Your solution works like a charm

 

[KenWit]

One thing though. I tried changing the color to a light shade of gray which is what I'd like, %R234%G234%B234, along with some other test colors and the outline remained black?

 

[Macropod]

It works for me. Do note that, depending on the font name, size & colour, with such a light shade you're unlikely to notice much (if any) change from a white background unless you're using fairly heavy weighting.

 

[KenWit]

Maybe it's just a glitch. I still can't get it to work, even when I increase the font size to 24 and the view to 200% and make the font color white so the outline stands out. I also switched from Calibri which I always use to Arial and also Times Roman. (Outline is still black.) I'll try it again on my computer at home and see what happens. I know VBA acts funny and inexplicable sometimes. In any event, just being able to change the outline weight is a huge help. Thanks.

 

[Macropod]

It might also just be that your monitor isn't too good at displaying such light shading.