Use Word VBA to color cells in tables based on cell value - vba

Question

In Word I have a document with multiple tables full of data. Hidden inside these cells (out of view but the data is there) is the Hex code of the color I want to shade the cells. I chose the hex value just because it's relatively short and it's a unique bit of text that won't be confused with the rest of the text in the cell.
I've found some code online to modify but I can't seem to make it work. It doesn't give any errors, just nothing happens. I feel like the problem is in searching the tables for the text value but I've spent hours on this and I think I've confused myself now!
Sub ColourIn()
Dim oTbl As Table
Dim oCel As Cell
Dim oRng As Range
Dim oClr As String
For Each oTbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
For Each oCel In oTbl.Range.Cells
Set oRng = oCel.Range
oRng.End = oRng.End - 1
If oRng = "CCFFCC" Then
oCel.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorLightYellow
End If
If oRng = "FFFF99" Then
oCel.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorPaleBlue
End If
Next
Next
End Sub
Thanks!
Edit:
I've also tried this code wit the same result of nothing happening:
Sub EachCellText()
Dim oCell As Word.Cell
Dim strCellString As String
For Each oCell In ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range.Cells
strCellString = Left(oCell.Range.Text, _
Len(oCell.Range.Text) - 1)
If strCellString = "CCFFFF" Then
oCell.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorLightGreen
If strCellString = "CCFFCC" Then
oCell.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorLightYellow
If strCellString = "FFFF99" Then
oCell.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorPaleBlue
End If
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

Answer 1

Your Code is getting stuck nowhere. But you are checking the whole Cell Value against the Hex code, and this will not work since "blablabla FFFFFF" is never equal to "FFFFFF". So you have to check if the Hex code is in the Cell value:
Sub ColourIn()
Dim oTbl As Table
Dim oCel As Cell
Dim oRng As Range
Dim oClr As String
For Each oTbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
For Each oCel In oTbl.Range.Cells
Set oRng = oCel.Range
oRng.End = oRng.End - 1
Dim cellvalue As String
'check if Colorcode is in cell
If InStr(oRng, "CCFFCC") Then
'Set Cell color
oCel.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorLightYellow
'Remove Colorcode from Cell
cellvalue = Replace(oRng, "CCFFCC", "")
'load new value into cell
oRng = cellvalue
End If
Next
Next
End Sub
Now you just have to add all the colors you want to use (I would prefer a Select Case statement) and the code should work fine