Microsoft KB Archive/212578

= WD2000: ArtWidth Sets Values in Points But Returns in Twips =

Article ID: 212578

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212578





SYMPTOMS
When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to return the width of an applied page border using the ArtWidth property, the value returned is in twips, not points as specified in Help.



WORKAROUND
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro sets a page border with an ArtWidth of 6 points. It then displays the return value of the ArtWidth property in twips. To have the ArtWidth return the value in points instead of twips, divide the ArtWidth return value by 20. (A twip is 1/20 of a point, or one point equals 20 twips.) Sub SetPageBorders

Dim aBorder As Border

For Each aBorder In Selection.Sections(1).Borders aBorder.ArtStyle = wdArtBasicBlackDots aBorder.ArtWidth = 6 Next aBorder

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Borders(1).ArtWidth / 20 _ & " " & "pt"

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 about typesetting measurements, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

76388 Relationship Between Inches, Picas, Points, Pitch, and Twips

