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WD98: Run-Time Error Setting Borders.InsideLineWidth

Article ID: 183585

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183585

SYMPTOMS

When you use the following Visual Basic for Applications macro code to apply an inside line width to a selection,

   With Selection.Borders
      .InsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
      .InsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
   End With

the following error occurs at the .InsideLineWidth statement regardless of the point size specified for the inside line width:

Run-time error '5843': One of the values passed to this method or property is out of range.

WORKAROUND

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   With Selection.Borders(wdBorderHorizontal)
      .LineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
      .LineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
   End With

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Borders, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Borders click Search, and then click to view "Borders Collection Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

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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