Supid message when applying border

[JN]

Hi. I have a large document which has a few tables in it.
I am trying to outline each table with a blue line.
I highlight the table, click BORDERS AND SHADING, but I only get the shading
tab and when I try and click Borders I get this message:
The measurement must be between 1 pt and 31 pt.
What on earth is that supposed to mean???
I'm getting the message on any other of the tables and cells and rows.
Hope someone can help
J

 

[Jezebel]

It means that the border width must be greater than or equal to 1pt, and not
greater than 31pt.

 

[JN]

Thanks. ok so it applies to the border line.
So how do you make it between 1pt and 31 pt if you can't get into the border
tab to do it?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It actually applies to the space between the border and the text, but it is
decidedly a bug, as JN points out, when you can't get to the Border and
Shading Options dialog to change it.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The maxiumum width of a border line is 6pts, so the between 1 and 31pts is
not referring to that.

In you original post, you said that you only got the Shading tab. Where
then are you clicking when you try and click BORDERS?

Was this document created from scratch in Word or did it originate from some
other source.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi JN,

What version of Word and how are you selecting the table.

The 1-31pt range appears in Format=>Borders and Shading in
the /Borders\ tab under options when 'paragraph' is the selection rather than table and in the /Page border\ tab Options dialog.

In the original message it appears that you want to apply a blue line to the outside of each table. It's possible that 'table'
isn't the selected area?

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Hi. I have a large document which has a few tables in it.
I am trying to outline each table with a blue line.
I highlight the table, click BORDERS AND SHADING, but I only get the shading
tab and when I try and click Borders I get this message:
The measurement must be between 1 pt and 31 pt.
What on earth is that supposed to mean???
I'm getting the message on any other of the tables and cells and rows.
Hope someone can help
J >>

 

[JN]

Thanks all.
I'm working on Word 2003
The table was copied from an Excel 03 spreadsheet.
I was able to use the Boarder Icon on the toolbar to overide the existing
blue boarder and then I could open the Border tab of the Borders & Shading
dialog box.
But when I went to put a thicker border with the options there, I got the
same message. None of them worked. Even the thinnest one and black.
Obviously this is a glitch. I've given up on it. Annoying though
Thanks a lot anyway
J

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I can't reproduce the problem with a table that originates from the same
source.

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Hope this helps.

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[Michael S.]

Hi

I had the same problem when trying to change the color of a table.

No chance to fix it, it must be a bug!

To solve the problem, just save your file as a rich text file (.rtf), close
the document an re-open it with ms word. Save it again as a .doc file. Then
it should work again.

greetings

michael

 

[Don]

We managed to clear the message here by getting to the page boarder tab.
[With nothing selected in the document, select format, reveal formatting.
When the formatting pane opens scroll to the section area and select
boarders. The boarders and shading panel appears.] If you are on the page
tab, you are where you want to be. Select any of the art boarders and let it
apply. Go back and select none for art and all will be resolved.