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OutsideLineWidth Property

Returns or sets the line width of the outside border of an object. Returns wdUndefined if the object has outside borders with more than one line width; otherwise, returns False or a WdLineWidth constant. Can be set to True, False, or a WdLineWidth constant. Read/write.

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Borders object.

Example

This example adds a wavy border around the first table in the active document.

If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count >= 1 Then
    With ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Borders
        .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingleWavy
        .OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt
    End With
End If

This example adds dotted borders around the first four paragraphs in the active document.

Set myDoc = ActiveDocument
Set myRange = myDoc.Range(Start:=myDoc.Paragraphs(1).Range.Start, _
    End:=myDoc.Paragraphs(4).Range.End)
myRange.Borders.OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleDot
myRange.Borders.OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt