OutsideLineWidth Property

Applies To

Borders collection object.

Description

Returns or sets the line width of the outside border of an object. 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 one of the following WdLineWidth constants: wdLineWidth025pt, wdLineWidth050pt, wdLineWidth075pt, wdLineWidth100pt, wdLineWidth150pt, wdLineWidth225pt, wdLineWidth300pt, wdLineWidth450pt, or wdLineWidth600pt. Read/write Long.

See Also

InsideLineStyle property, InsideLineWidth property, OutsideColorIndex property.

Example

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

If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    With ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Borders
        .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingleWavy
        .OutSideLineWidth = wdLineWidth050pt
    End With
End If

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

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