Microsoft KB Archive/111309

= Borders Method Applies Inconsistent Format =

Article ID: 111309

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q111309



For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 213834.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you use the Borders method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure to set the Weight or Color property of the borders of a selection on a worksheet, the formatting of the selection may not be consistent.



CAUSE
When you use the Borders method on a selection, and there is already a border around the selection, if you set only the Color or the Weight property, two of the borders of the entire selection are formatted differently than the rest of your selection.

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If you run the following procedure: Sub Weight Dim x As Object Set x = Range("B2:C4") ' Set thickness of all cell borders to thin. x.Borders.Weight = xlThin End Sub the result is a thin automatic color border around every cell, but a green border on the top and left of the selection.



WORKAROUND
To avoid having unexpected results when you use the Borders method on a selection of cells on a worksheet, apply both the Weight and Color property as in the following example: Set x = Range("B2:C4") With x.Borders .Color = RGB(255, 0, 0) .Weight = xlThick End With

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