borders for tables in Word XP, doesn't work in Word 2007   

Good morning

One of my jobs is to write procedure manuals.  For previous versions of 
Word, we created a template for blocks and subblocks.  We could then save 
these block and subblock tables in the autocorrect option, where when we 
typed a few letters (blk or sblk), we would get the appropriate block or 
subblock table to enter text.  Hope this makes sense.  

The process has been the same for numerous employees who have written an 
unknown number of manuals.  However, Office 2007 doesn't show the border 
lines around the block and subblock tables.

I have created a new template for the manuals and for the block and subblock 
I have added "All Borders" to the template, and then saved the tables in the 
AutoCorrect feature as mentioned above.  So going forward, everything should 
be fine.

However, is there a way programmatically to update all the other documents 
written in MS Word prior to Word 2007?  I have manually udated a couple using 
the "All Borders" option, but I know that there must be a faster way.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:54:02 -0700   author:   Devon

RE: borders for tables in Word XP, doesn't work in Word 2007   

To: Devon,

I'm unsure what "All Borders" means, but the following macro will change the 
borders on all the tables in a document so that the have a single line 
outside border and a single line inside border.

Sub UpdateTablesWithBorders()
    Dim oTable As Table
    For Each oTable In ActiveDocument.Range.Tables
        With oTable.Borders
            .Enable = True
            .InsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
            .OutsideLineStyle = wdLineStyleSingle
        End With
    Next oTable
End Sub

Steven Craig Miller

"Devon" wrote:

> Good morning
> 
> One of my jobs is to write procedure manuals.  For previous versions of 
> Word, we created a template for blocks and subblocks.  We could then save 
> these block and subblock tables in the autocorrect option, where when we 
> typed a few letters (blk or sblk), we would get the appropriate block or 
> subblock table to enter text.  Hope this makes sense.  
> 
> The process has been the same for numerous employees who have written an 
> unknown number of manuals.  However, Office 2007 doesn't show the border 
> lines around the block and subblock tables.
> 
> I have created a new template for the manuals and for the block and subblock 
> I have added "All Borders" to the template, and then saved the tables in the 
> AutoCorrect feature as mentioned above.  So going forward, everything should 
> be fine.
> 
> However, is there a way programmatically to update all the other documents 
> written in MS Word prior to Word 2007?  I have manually udated a couple using 
> the "All Borders" option, but I know that there must be a faster way.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.

date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:38:03 -0700   author:   StevenM stevencraigmiller(at)comcast(dot)net