[Lexica]

I need to use the custom border and shading feature on text only. I want a
line above and below only, and I want to associate it with a style. All I
can accomplish is surrounding the entire text with a box. This will repeat
many many times throughout a 300-page document, so I do not want to use a
text box. Any ideas for me?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You cannot apply custom borders to selected text; the best you can do is a
line above or below (or on selected sides), and this requires a field (see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm). You can apply custom
shading to selected text and save this as a character style.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Lexica" wrote in message
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I need to use the custom border and shading feature on text only. I want
a
line above and below only, and I want to associate it with a style. All I
can accomplish is surrounding the entire text with a box. This will
repeat
many many times throughout a 300-page document, so I do not want to use a
text box. Any ideas for me?