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WD2000: Run-time Error '5941' Using Border Constants with Font.Borders

Article ID: 212562 - View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q212562

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to apply borders to selected characters using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '5941':

The requested member of the collection does not exist.

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By design, character borders 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 cause the error to occur if you attempt to designate a right border for a selected character:

Selection.Font.Borders(wdBorderRight).LineStyle _
  =WdLineStyleThickThinSmallGap

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WORKAROUND

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.
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:

212536

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212536/EN-US/ )

OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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

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STATUS

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

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REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212623

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212623/EN-US/ )

WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

226118

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226118/EN-US/ )

OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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