Border around each cell in a range

You only need a single line of code to set the border around every cell in the range:

Range("A1:F20").Borders.LineStyle = xlContinuous

It's also easy to apply multiple effects to the border around each cell.

For example:

Sub RedOutlineCells()
    Dim rng As Range

    Set rng = Range("A1:F20")

    With rng.Borders
        .LineStyle = xlContinuous
        .Color = vbRed
        .Weight = xlThin
    End With
End Sub

I have a set of 15 subroutines I add to every Coded Excel Workbook I create and this is one of them. The following routine clears the area and creates a border.

Sample Call:

Call BoxIt(Range("A1:z25"))

Subroutine:

Sub BoxIt(aRng As Range)
On Error Resume Next

    With aRng

        'Clear existing
        .Borders.LineStyle = xlNone

        'Apply new borders
        .BorderAround xlContinuous, xlThick, 0
        With .Borders(xlInsideVertical)
            .LineStyle = xlContinuous
            .ColorIndex = 0
            .Weight = xlMedium
        End With
        With .Borders(xlInsideHorizontal)
            .LineStyle = xlContinuous
            .ColorIndex = 0
            .Weight = xlMedium
        End With
    End With

End Sub

The following can be called with any range as parameter:

Option Explicit

Sub SetRangeBorder(poRng As Range)
    If Not poRng Is Nothing Then
        poRng.Borders(xlDiagonalDown).LineStyle = xlNone
        poRng.Borders(xlDiagonalUp).LineStyle = xlNone
        poRng.Borders(xlEdgeLeft).LineStyle = xlContinuous
        poRng.Borders(xlEdgeTop).LineStyle = xlContinuous
        poRng.Borders(xlEdgeBottom).LineStyle = xlContinuous
        poRng.Borders(xlEdgeRight).LineStyle = xlContinuous
        poRng.Borders(xlInsideVertical).LineStyle = xlContinuous
        poRng.Borders(xlInsideHorizontal).LineStyle = xlContinuous
    End If
End Sub

Examples:

Call SetRangeBorder(Range("C11"))
Call SetRangeBorder(Range("A" & result))
Call SetRangeBorder(DT.Cells(I, 6))
Call SetRangeBorder(Range("A3:I" & endRow))

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Excel

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