Topic: Borders and Shading

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Adding a Drop Shadow to a Text Box Got a text box? Want it to pop off the page? Try this. Microsoft Word versions: 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Adding Borders around Paragraphs Want to draw attention to a particular paragraph? A great way to do it is with a border. Word allows you to easily add borders, as described in this tip. You can add a pre-defined border or a custom one; it is up to you. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Adding Borders to Paragraphs Word includes a rich set of formatting features. Using the Format menu you can easily put any type of border you like around the paragraphs in your document. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Adding Borders to Text How to place a border around selected text. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Adding Drop-Shadows to Paragraphs Drop shadows are a special type of border that simulates a “3D” appearance. Adding these types of borders is easy using the Borders and Shading dialog box. This tip explains how to apply the desired formatting to a paragraph. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Basing Headers and Footers on the Previous Section Word treats the headers and footers in a document independently, based on the section in which they appear. This means that the headers and footers in one section can be different from those in the previous section—or you can instruct Word to continue the headers and footers from the previous section. This tip examines some of the interactions that these settings can cause within a document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing Paragraph Borders Adding borders to a paragraph is a snap. You can also modify the paragraph borders so that they are all different, if you so choose. This tip describes how to set all four sides of a paragraph border independently of each other. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Chopped Off Page Borders When you print a document that is formatted with a page border, does the border print properly, or is it chopped off on the top and bottom of the page? This tip describes a few settings that can affect how your page borders are printed. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Creating a Full-Page Border Borders are easy to add around text or entire paragraphs. It may be surprising to you to learn that Word can just as easily place borders around entire pages. This tip explains how you can add this touch. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Deleting Borders Borders around a paragraph can be a nice touch, but you may want to remove those borders at some time. You can do so quite easily by following the information in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Drop Shadows for Tables When adding borders and shading to a document’s elements, Word allows you to quickly add drop shadows to paragraphs, text boxes, and other objects. What you cannot easily do is to add a drop-shadow to a table. This tip explains different ways you can still achieve the desired results. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Extra Shaded Lines If you insert a page break at the beginning of a paragraph, and the paragraph in which you insert the break is shaded, you could end up with some shading left at the bottom of the preceding page. This tip explains why and how you can avoid such a formatting faux pas. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Highlighting Information Using Shading Paragraph shading is a quick, easy way to highlight information in a document. Using the Borders and Shading dialog box, you can apply all sorts of shading to your text. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Non-printing Page Borders With your page border in place, you might be surprised if you don’t see one side of the border (or all sides) print out with your document. Here’s the reason for the missing border sides and what you can do about it. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Removing Automatic Lines Type a few dashes, underscores, or equal signs, and you could end up with a full-width line in your document. This is normal behavior for Word, but it may not be the behavior you want. This tip explains why you get these types of lines and how you can get rid of them. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Removing the Box from a Text Box Insert a text box, and it is automatically formatted to have a border around it. Getting rid of the border is easy, if you follow the steps in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Setting the Distance between Text and Borders Word allows you to add borders around paragraphs. For most people, the distance between the border and the text in the paragraph is too little. Here’s how to control that distance very precisely. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

The Line That Won't Go Away Have you ever had a line appear on your document that you can’t seem to get rid of? It could be due to a built-in line-generating feature in Word. This tip explains the feature, shows how to control it, and finally discloses how to get rid of those bothersome lines in your document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Understanding Page Border Art Word allows you to place artwork around the border of a page. Here's an overview of the artwork used. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Using Text As a Page Border Word allows you to add page borders to a document, but you might find the options in this area too limiting. What if you want to create your own page borders or use text as a page border? This tip explains how you can accomplish your designs. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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