Borders.OutsideColor Property (Word)
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.
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.
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.
With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders
.OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
.OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
.OutsideColor = wdColorDarkRed
End With