Microsoft KB Archive/165976

= WD97: DefaultBorderColorIndex Does Not Apply Color First Time =

Article ID: 165976

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165976





SYMPTOMS
If you have a Visual Basic for Applications macro that applies the default color for borders and shading, and it then applies a border, the new default color may not be applied to the border.



CAUSE
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The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro demonstrates this problem: Sub BorderParagraph Documents.Add With Options .DefaultBorderColorIndex = wdRed .DefaultBorderLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble End With ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders.Enable = True End Sub



WORKAROUND
The following example Visual Basic for Applications macro code can be used as a workaround to set the specified border color and to apply the border to the specified paragraph: Sub BorderParagraph With Selection.Paragraphs.Borders .Enable = True .OutsideColorIndex = wdRed .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble End With End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

