Page Borders

Page borders are borders that apply to entire pages of a document. They enable you to, in effect, frame document pages (Figure 31).

Figure 31. A page border can really dress up a flyer like this one.

Tips

• Page borders make it easy to create official-looking certificates and other "suitable for framing" documents.

• Page borders can be applied to all pages in a document or only the pages in a specific document section.

To apply page borders

1.	If necessary, position the insertion point in the section of the document to which you want to apply page borders.
2.	Choose Format > Borders and Shading (Figure 11) to display the Borders and Shading dialog.
3.	If necessary, click the Page Border button to display its options (Figure 32). Figure 32. The Page Border pane of the Borders and Shading dialog.
4.	Click a Setting icon to select the type of border. All options except None and Custom place borders around each side of the page.
5.	Click a style in the Style scrolling list to select a line style. Then choose a line color from the Color pop-up menu (Figure 33) and a line thickness from the Width pop-up menu (Figure 34). Figure 33. The Color pop-up menu. Figure 34. The Width pop-up menu. or Select a graphic from the Art pop-up menu (Figure 35). Figure 35. The Art pop-up menu.
6.	If necessary, choose an option from the Apply to pop-up menu (Figures 9 and 10).
7.	To apply custom borders, click the buttons in the Preview area to add or remove a line using the settings in the dialog.
8.	When the Preview area illustrates the kind of border that you want to apply, click OK.

Tips

• You can repeat steps 5 and 7 to customize each side of a custom border.

• You can further customize a border by clicking the Options button in the Borders and Shading dialog to display the Border and Shading Options dialog (Figure 36). Set options as desired and click OK to return to the Borders and Shading dialog.

  Figure 36. The Border and Shading Options dialog for page borders.

  

  
  

• I tell you about the other tabs of the Borders and Shading dialog in Chapter 3.

To remove page borders

1.	Position the insertion point in the section where you want to remove borders.
2.	Choose Format > Borders and Shading (Figure 11) and click the Page Border button in the Borders and Shading dialog that appears (Figure 32).
3.	Click the None icon.
4.	Click OK.