WD97: Acceptable Values of wdLineWidth Constant (in wdLineStyle) (165251)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q165251

SUMMARY

When you apply borders using Visual Basic for Applications commands, you can specify the line style and the line width of the border to be applied. Each border line style has a different number of varying line widths that can be applied to a border. That is, all line widths are not available to use with every line style.

Also, the list of wdLineWidth constants are available for use in a macro regardless of the line style being applied. There is no programmatic method available for determining whether a particular line width is a valid width to use with a chosen border line style. If you apply an invalid line width to a line style, the macro will return an error when you run it (it will not return an error when it's compiled).

This article contains the list of wdLineStyle constants and the wdLineWidths that can be used with the line style.

MORE INFORMATION

   wdLineStyle Constant      Available Line Widths(pts)
                              .25  .5  .75  1  1.5  2.25  3  4.5  6
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   Single                      x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   Dot                         x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   DashSmallGap                x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   DashLargeGap                x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   DashDot                     x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   DashDotDot                  x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   Double                      x    x   x       x    x    x
   Triple                      x    x   x       x    x    x
   ThinThickSmallGap                            x    x    x   x   x
   ThickThinSmallGap                            x    x    x   x   x
   ThinThickThinSmallGap                        x    x    x   x   x
   ThinThickMedGap             x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   ThickThinMedGap             x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   ThinThickThinMedGap         x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x
   ThinThickLargeGap           x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   ThickThinLargeGap           x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   ThinThickThinLargeGap       x    x   x   x   x    x    x   x   x
   SingleWavy                           x       x
   DoubleWavy                           x
   DashDotStroked                                         x
   Emboss3D                             x       x    x    x   x   x
   Engrave3D                            x       x    x    x   x   x
For more information about LineWidths, from the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type LineWidth, click Search, and then click to view "LineWidth Property."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

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

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbinfo kbprogramming KB165251
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