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Borders.OutsideLineWidth Property (Word)

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.

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.

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

See Also

Concepts

Borders Collection Object

Borders Object Members