Article ID: 182253
Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q182253
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error occurs:
CAUSE
By design, character borders will only take 1 or the wdBorderTop constant as arguments because the character borders count equals 1.
For example, the following Visual Basic for Applications commands will cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character:
Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _
=WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap
WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this problem, use either of the following lines of code to apply the border style to a selected character:
Selection.Font.Borders(1).LineStyle = WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap
-or-
Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderTop).LineStyle = _
WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap
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:
181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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