Choosing Border Options

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Word makes a few assumptions about the way borders appear in documents. By default, Word applies a small margin to borders applied to a paragraph and a larger margin to borders for sections and pages. When you add a border to a paragraph, Word adds a 1-point margin to the top and bottom and a 4-point margin along the left and right edges of the border. When you add a page or section border, Word adds 24-point margins measured from the edge of the page all the way around.

To access border options that enable you to adjust spacing between borders and content, choose Format, Borders And Shading. Display the Borders tab if you're changing the options for a paragraph border, or click the Page Border tab if you're working with a document or section border. Then click Options in the lower-right corner of the dialog box. The Border And Shading Options dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 18-7.

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Figure 18-7: You control border margins and make choices about border alignment in the Border And Shading Options dialog box.

To make changes to the border margins, click in the box you want to change and type a new value, or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value shown.

For page borders, Word automatically measures the margin from the edge of the page, but you can change the setting so that the measurement reflects spacing between text and the surrounding border. To make this change, click the Measure From arrow and choose Text. When working with the Borders tab, the Border And Shading Options dialog box only allows you to configure the space between the border and text.

The other options in the Border And Shading Options dialog box are available only if you're working with a page or section border. By default, Word includes any headers and footers inside the bordered area and, also by default, enables the Always Display In Front check box, which causes the border to be in front of any text or graphic objects that might overlap it. If you have other borders or tables within the bordered section, the Align Paragraph Borders And Table Edges With Page Border check box will also be available to you. If you want Word to align all these borders, select this check box.

After you've finished choosing border options, click OK to close the dialog box, and then click OK a second time to return to your document.

Note 

If you select a table before you display the Borders And Shading dialog box, your options in the Apply To list will show Paragraph, Table, and Cell. Similarly, if you select an image, the Apply To list will show Picture as an available border option.

Troubleshooting: My border isn't printing correctly

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If your page border doesn't print along one edge of the page or is positioned too close to an edge, check the border's margin options. To do this, choose Format, Borders And Shading, click the Page Border tab, and then click Options. In the Margin section, increase the margin values to make sure the border is not placed outside your printer's printing range.

If you've set up your border to be measured from Text, the space between the text and the border might be pushing the border into the nonprintable area. (Most printers will not print in the 0.5-inch area around the perimeter of the page.)

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Microsoft Office Word 2003 Inside Out
Microsoft Office Word 2003 Inside Out (Bpg-Inside Out)
ISBN: 0735615152
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 373

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