Hi tinfanide,

You'd only declare each Const variable once.

IMHO, having them makes the transition from early to late binding much easier than having to change each & every occurence to the numeric value. For example, you have 6 occurrences of wdLineStyleSingle and 12 of wdLineStyleNone, plus numerous references to wdBorder types. Each of these can be handled via a single Const variable: one for wdLineStyleSingle; and one for wdLineStyleNone.

Furthermore, the code will be easier for anyone to maintain that way and, if you revert to early binding later on, you can simply add the Office reference, delete the Const variables and re-set the 'Object' declarations to what you had previously.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]