WD2000: ArtWidth Sets Values in Points But Returns in Twips (212578)

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro sets a page border with an ArtWidth of 6 points. It then displays the return value of the ArtWidth property in twips. To have the ArtWidth return the value in points instead of twips, divide the ArtWidth return value by 20. (A twip is 1/20 of a point, or one point equals 20 twips.)

Sub SetPageBorders()

   Dim aBorder As Border

   For Each aBorder In Selection.Sections(1).Borders
      aBorder.ArtStyle = wdArtBasicBlackDots
      aBorder.ArtWidth = 6
   Next aBorder

   MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Borders(1).ArtWidth / 20 _
      & " " & "pt"

End Sub