import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.*;
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.CTShd;
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STShd;
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STHighlightColor;
/*
To
import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STHighlightColor;
the fully ooxml-schemas-1.3.jar is needed as mentioned in https://poi.apache.org/faq.html#faq-N10025
*/
public class WordRunWithBGColor {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
XWPFDocument doc= new XWPFDocument();
XWPFParagraph paragraph = doc.createParagraph();
XWPFRun run=paragraph.createRun();
run.setText("This is text with ");
run=paragraph.createRun();
run.setText("background color");
CTShd cTShd = run.getCTR().addNewRPr().addNewShd();
cTShd.setVal(STShd.CLEAR);
cTShd.setColor("auto");
cTShd.setFill("00FFFF");
run=paragraph.createRun();
run.setText(" and this is ");
run=paragraph.createRun();
run.setText("highlighted");
run.getCTR().addNewRPr().addNewHighlight().setVal(STHighlightColor.YELLOW);
run=paragraph.createRun();
run.setText(" text.");
doc.write(new FileOutputStream("WordRunWithBGColor.docx"));
}
}