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    Auto change borders to thick borders

    Hi All,
    From what I understand it is impossible to get Excel to conditionally format borders to be thick, and I was looking to see if anyone knows a way around this problem. Right now we have our sheet formatted to be color coded based on the number of instances and borders placed around the row of those instances. As in the attached example, we copy varying data (on tab 'CopyThis') into a formatted blank page (Tab 'Current') and the result is the colors and borders in the locations we want, but we we looking for a thick border instead of the regular thin one (example on 'Goal' tab). Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Hi Pierce,
    It is only possible with a macro.
    Copy this macro in your SHEET module. Double click on cell A1 to activate the macro.
    Note : you can remove the conditional formatting for the horizontal line.

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Quote Originally Posted by GC Excel View Post
    Hi Pierce,
    It is only possible with a macro.
    Copy this macro in your SHEET module. Double click on cell A1 to activate the macro.
    Note : you can remove the conditional formatting for the horizontal line.

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    Thank you very much! I changed the format to a macro enabled workbook, but am unsure exactly how to copy the macro properly, Im very new to VB, only having completed a quick 'Hello World" intro a few years ago. Could you please advise me on the procedure to copy the macro into my sheet module? Thanks!

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    From Excel : ALT + F11 to open the VBA editor
    You should have a listing of VBA projects in the left pane, if not, press CTRL + R to show it
    Find your file in the list and under "Microsoft Excel Objects", double click on your sheet "Sheet1 (Current)".
    Copy the code in the white box on the right.

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Thank you very much for the explanation! I was able to get the macro to work when I double click on A2, but I was wondering a couple of things; is it possible to get the macro to activate with out double clicking? When I copy my info on to our page there will always be an instance in E2 so maybe it could work off of that? Also, is it possible to have the vertical outside borders a thick border like the horizontal lines? Thanks again!
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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Hi Pierce,
    I changed the macro. It will launch automatically when cell E2 is changed.

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Quote Originally Posted by GC Excel View Post
    Hi Pierce,
    I changed the macro. It will launch automatically when cell E2 is changed.

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    Thank you very much, this is what we were looking for!

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Hi All,
    As a late add in, we were wondering if it is possible to get the two vertical column lines that stick out on the bottom after the information is pasted in to not appear. Ive tried without success so far and was wondering of someone could point me in the right direction. Its a very minor detail but one my boss would like to see resolved
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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    i'm in a similar situation with the conditional formatting limitations and thick border style. I'm looking for code that will look at each row for certain specific names in Column A (John doe, jane doe, micky mouse, minny mouse) and if the one of those names are in column A, then the entire row is formatted with a Thick Top Border.
    I am using the following code to Bold and shade the row, but it wont make the top border thick. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :-)

    Selection.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:= _
    "=IF($A1=""John Doe"", TRUE, IF($A1=""Jane Doe"", TRUE, IF($A1=""Micky Mouse"", TRUE,IF($A1=""Minny Mouse"", FALSE))))"
    Selection.FormatConditions(Selection.FormatConditions.Count).SetFirstPriority
    With Selection.FormatConditions(1).Font
    .Bold = True
    .Italic = False
    .TintAndShade = 0
    End With
    With Selection.FormatConditions(1).Interior
    .PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
    .ThemeColor = xlThemeColorAccent1
    .TintAndShade = 0.799981688894314
    End With
    With Selection.Borders(xlEdgeTop)
    .LineStyle = xlContinuous
    .ColorIndex = 0
    .TintAndShade = 0
    .Weight = xlThick
    End With
    Selection.FormatConditions(1).StopIfTrue = False

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    Re: Auto change borders to thick borders

    Hi Powercell99,
    As per forum rules, next time please start your own thread and use code tags when you post code.
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