WD97: DefaultBorderColorIndex Does Not Apply Color First Time

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you have a Visual Basic for Applications macro that applies the default color for borders and shading, and it then applies a border, the new default color may not be applied to the border.

CAUSE

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   Sub BorderParagraph()
      Documents.Add
      With Options
         .DefaultBorderColorIndex = wdRed
         .DefaultBorderLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
      End With
      ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders.Enable = True
   End Sub

WORKAROUND

The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro code can be used as a workaround to set the specified border color and to apply the border to the specified paragraph:

   Sub BorderParagraph()
      With Selection.Paragraphs.Borders
         .Enable = True
         .OutsideColorIndex = wdRed
         .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
      End With
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for 
               Applications