Adding borders

You can add a border around a graphics box, paragraph, column, or page.

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This image shows 1) a graphic, 2) a graphic to which a border was applied, 3) a graphic to which a border and a fill were applied, and 4) a graphic to which a border, fill, and drop shadow were applied.


To add a border to a graphics box

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Right-click a graphics box, and click Border/Fill.
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Choose a border pattern from the Available border styles list.

To add a border to a paragraph

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Click in a paragraph.
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Click Format WordPerfect Office onestep Adding borders Paragraph WordPerfect Office onestep Adding borders Border/Fill.
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Choose a border pattern from the Available border styles list.
To apply the border only to the selected paragraph, enable the Apply border to current paragraph only check box.

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If you disable the Apply border to current paragraph only check box, the border surrounds the current paragraph and all subsequent paragraphs in the document.

To add a border to a column

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Click in a column.
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Click Format WordPerfect Office onestep Adding borders Columns.
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Click Border/Fill.
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Choose a border pattern from the Available border styles list.
To apply the border only to the selected column, enable the Apply border to current column group only check box.

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If you disable the Apply border to current column group only check box the border surrounds the current column and all subsequent columns in the document.

To add a border to a page

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Click a page.
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Click Format WordPerfect Office onestep Adding borders Page WordPerfect Office onestep Adding borders Border/Fill.
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From the Border type list box, choose one of the following:
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Line — lets you choose a border from the preset line borders
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Fancy — lets you choose a border from the default Fancy borders folder
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Choose a border pattern from the Available border styles list.
To apply the border only to the current page, click the Apply border to current page only check box.

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If you disable the Apply border to current page only check box, the border will surround the current page and all subsequent pages in the document.
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After you put a fancy border on a page, you can type text on the page as you usually would. However, the border doesn’t change page margins. If you don’t want to type over the border, you may need to move the page margins within the border.

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To browse for fancy borders located in other folders, click Change folders WordPerfect Office pgx changefolder Adding borders, and in the Filename box, type the filename of the folder to open.

Adding borders