Borders.OutsideColor Property

Word Developer Reference

Returns or sets the 24-bit color of the outside borders. .

Syntax

expression.OutsideColor

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Borders collection.

Remarks

This property can be any valid WdColor constant or a value returned by Visual Basic's RGB function.

Remarks

If the OutsideLineStyle property is set to either wdLineStyleNone or False, setting this property has no effect.

Example

This example adds borders between rows and between columns in the first table of the active document, and then it sets the colors for both the inside and outside borders.

Visual Basic for Applications
  If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    Set myTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(1)
    With myTable.Borders
        .InsideLineStyle = True
        .InsideColor = wdColorBrightGreen
        .OutsideColor = wdColorDarkTeal
    End With
End If

This example adds a dark red, 0.75-point double border around the first paragraph in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders
    .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
    .OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
    .OutsideColor = wdColorDarkRed
End With

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