ExcelBanter - How do I change the thickness of a bottom boarder in Excel 2002?

Don,

That dialog (Border) works kind of backward. You have to select your line
style and color in the right side, then apply it in the left (bottom, left,
outline, etc.). When you click in the left side, it applies whatever's
currently selected in the right side. It's not clear, and backwards. As we
say when driving through a small town, and trying to make sense of the road
signs "Ya gotta live there."
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Earl Kiosterud
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"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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Yes, It is but I guess my problem came when I couldn't get it it do it. I
went back just now and selected the thick BEFORE selecting the bottom
border
and THEN it worked. It SHOULD work regardless of which you select first.
Oh
well.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message
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Don,

Isn't it the second from the bottom, right column, of Format - Cells -
Borders? I get the same results as with your macro. XL2002

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Earl Kiosterud
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"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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Earl,
In xl2002, I couldn't find a way to make a thick border without using
the
macro I supplied.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message
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Hi Don,

Yes, I saw your post. I was giving Dawn a non-macro way to do
borders.

I've not been able use a macro to get a combination of line style and
line
thickness that isn't already one of the combinations in the Format -
Cells -
Borders dialog box. Is that what you're saying? I admit to not
trying
very
thoroughly, though. :)

For example, the second one down on the right one gives:

With Selection.Borders(xlEdgeTop)
.LineStyle = xlSlantDashDot
.Weight = xlMedium

But if I try to get the xlSlantDashDot style in xlThick (which isn't
an
available combination in the dialog box):

With Selection.Borders(xlEdgeTop)
.LineStyle = xlSlantDashDot
.Weight = xlThick

... it reverts to a solid line, as if it's xlContinuous.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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Earl, Did you see my post?

Sub bottomborder()
ActiveCell.Borders(xlEdgeBottom).Weight = xlThick 'xlmedium or
xlthin
End Sub

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message
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Dawn,

I guess I was overoptimistic in my description. There are some
line
styles
presented in more than one thickness (the solid line), and variants
of
the
dashed line in varying thicknesses, but no independent thickness
selection,
per se.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"Dawn" wrote in message
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When I open up Format - Cells - Borders, there is no where in
there
to
choose
the line thickness. There is a styles, which gives me one
thickness
of
each
type of line style - where can I choose the thickness?

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote:

Dawn,

If you're using the toolbar buttons for borders, you have only
the
choices
there, including the thicknesses. For custom bordering, try
Format -
Cells - Borders. The general approach is to work that dialog
box
from
right
to left: Select the line styles, thicknesses, etc,. you want in
the
right
side, then click in the left side to apply the current line
style
to
the
cells.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"Dawn" wrote in message
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In Word you can change the thickness of the line used in
boarders -
but
I
can
not change the thickness in Excel. Is there any way to do
this?
Thanks.