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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

See Also

Concepts

Borders Object Members

Borders Collection Object