Question

I am trying to create a simple function that will add borders around every cell in a certain range. Using the wonderful recording this generates a ton of code which is quite useless. The code below will display a ‘table’ of data, around each cell in this range I would like to add a border. Online I haven’t been able to find a simple or clear answer for this.

All help is much appreciated!

Set DT = Sheets("DATA")
endRow = DT.Range("F" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
result = 3

For I = 2 To endRow
    If DT.Cells(I, 6).Value = Range("B1").Value Then
        Range("A" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 6).Value
        Range("B" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 1).Value
        Range("C" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 24).Value
        Range("D" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 37).Value
        Range("E" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 3).Value
        Range("F" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 15).Value
        Range("G" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 12).Value
        Range("H" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 40).Value
        Range("I" & result) = DT.Cells(I, 23).Value
        result = result + 1
    End If
Next I

Answer 1

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