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Q166497: WD97: Error Using Border Constants with Font.Borders

Article: Q166497
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode word8 word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual
Basic for Applications, the following error occurs:

  Run-time error '5941': The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE
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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
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  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

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

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

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


REFERENCES
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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta kbdtacode word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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