Have a look at how my code initialises StrTitle.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Perfect, will do. I also notice that you have code for checking that the column number is in bounds, so I'll add that, too.

Do you have a way for the macro to read the line (paragraph) just before the table? If so, I could put the parameters there.

That seems a whole lot more bother for the user than simply answering a few input box prompts. It's also more error-prone. How would the parameters be differentiated there, and what would you have in the paragraph for the colouring?

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Well, the user is me, so I guess one person's bother is another's simplicity.

I envision a line containing text something like this or whatever is easy to read and easy to parse in the macro. I'd play with it a bit.
For me, typing this once in the Word document is far easier that typing it in each time I call the macro. In the application at hand, I will be needing to re-highlight the table fairly often. With the parameters next to the table, I can do that with a single keyboard shortcut.

Also, if I had more than one table in the document, or even in different documents, the parameters would be set and could be different for each one.

If the macro doesn't find a line that has the right syntax, it would use the default values.