Borders.OutsideLineWidth Property

Word Developer Reference

Returns or sets the line width of the outside border of an object. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.OutsideLineWidth

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Borders collection.

Remarks

This property returns wdUndefined if the object has outside borders with more than one line width; otherwise, returns False or a WdLineWidth constant. Can be set to True, False, or a WdLineWidth constant.

Example

This example adds a wavy border around the first table in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    With ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Borders
        .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingleWavy
        .OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
    End With
End If

This example adds dotted borders around the first four paragraphs in the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Set myDoc = ActiveDocument
Set myRange = myDoc.Range(Start:=myDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start, _
    End:=myDoc.Paragraphs(4).Range.End)
myRange.Borders.OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDot
myRange.Borders.OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt

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