Table.Cell Method

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Returns a Cell object that represents a cell in a table.

Syntax

expression.Cell(Row, Column)

expression   A variable that represents a Table object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Row Required Long The number of the row in the table to return. Can be an integer between 1 and the number of rows in the table.
Column Required Long The number of the column in the table to return. Can be an integer between 1 and the number of columns in the table.

Return Value
Cell

Example

This example creates a 3x3 table on a new slide in a new presentation and inserts text into the first cell of the table.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Presentations.Add
    With .Slides.Add(1, ppLayoutBlank)
        .Shapes.AddTable(3, 3).Select
        .Shapes(1).Table.Cell(1, 1).Shape.TextFrame _
            .TextRange.Text = "Cell 1"
    End With
End With

This example sets the thickness of the bottom border of the cell in row 2, column 1 to two points.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes(5).Table _
    .Cell(2, 1).Borders(ppBorderBottom).Weight = 2

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