From e42dfba731db06093fe296146f446a41761bfa75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ariel Rorabaugh <ariel_rorabaugh@sil.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:53:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix background color in Word export

- Specify background color using the fill property
instead of color property of a shading object.

Change-Id: I33127e08dcb11551d001a96bb658f7abe1c4c780
---
 Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
index 9c389f9242..5db6db276c 100644
--- a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
+++ b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
@@ -617,9 +617,10 @@ private static StyleRunProperties AddFontInfoWordStyles(BaseStyleInfo projectSty
 			System.Drawing.Color backColor;
 			if (GetFontValue(wsFontInfo.m_backColor, defaultFontInfo.BackColor, out backColor))
 			{
-				// note: open xml does not allow alpha
+				// note: open xml does not allow alpha,
+				// though a percentage shading could be implemented using shading pattern options.
 				string openXmlColor = GetOpenXmlColor(backColor.R, backColor.G, backColor.B);
-				var backShade = new Shading() { Color = openXmlColor };
+				var backShade = new Shading() { Fill = openXmlColor };
 				charDefaults.Append(backShade);
 			}