Hi Peter,

if activesheet.range("IssueRed").BorderAround Weight:=xlThick then

but this doesn't seem to be quite right.

Can anyone out there enlighten me as to the syntax I should be using?

You can't check for the outline as a whole, only individual borders:

If ActiveSheet.Range("IssueRed").Borders(xlTop).Weigh t = xlThick Then

Regards

Stephen Bullen
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