Range.BorderAround method (Excel)

Adds a border to a range and sets the Color, LineStyle, and Weight properties of the Border object for the new border. Variant.

Syntax

expression.BorderAround (LineStyle, Weight, ColorIndex, Color, ThemeColor)

expression A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
LineStyle	Optional	Variant	One of the constants of XlLineStyle specifying the line style for the border.
Weight	Optional	XlBorderWeight	The border weight.
ColorIndex	Optional	XlColorIndex	The border color, as an index into the current color palette or as an XlColorIndex constant.
Color	Optional	Variant	The border color, as an RGB value.
ThemeColor	Optional	Variant	The theme color, as an index into the current color theme or as an XlThemeColor value.

Return value

Variant

Remarks

You must specify only one of the following: ColorIndex, Color, or ThemeColor.

You can specify either LineStyle or Weight, but not both. If you don't specify either argument, Microsoft Excel uses the default line style and weight.

This method outlines the entire range without filling it in. To set the borders of all the cells, you must set the Color, LineStyle, and Weight properties for the Borders collection. To clear the border, you must set the LineStyle property to xlLineStyleNone for all the cells in the range.

Example

This example adds a thick red border around the range A1:D4 on Sheet1.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:D4").BorderAround _ 
 ColorIndex:=3, Weight:=xlThick

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