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how do I create paragraph borders
Jay described the process of creating a text box, then selecting Format,
Borders and Shading to place lines above and below text only. He then commented that in Word 2007 it's all automated - but I can't do it in Word 2007! There doesn't seem to be any "Borders and Shading" option - only options to place borders all around, or to fill, shadow, 3D etc. Nothing to select where the lines go! The pre-formatted text boxes are all the wrong color and I can't find where to change the line color. |
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how do I create paragraph borders
Hi Writer,
I'm not entirely clear what end result you're looking to achieve. Box borders on selected words can be applied, Lines above and below a paragraph can be applied to text. To do so in Word 2007 select your text and use Home=Paragraph and choose the border tool and apply the borders of choice to text. For Autoshapes, such as text boxes, have outline and coloring choices are before. For those, in Word 2007 try using Insert=Shapes and select a text box 'Basic shape'. Once you've drawn the shape the 'Text Box Tools'=Format ribbon should appear. You can use the Shape Outline, or one of the border styles, or hover over the text box and right click and you should seee the choice for the older 'Borders and Shading' dialog. ========= "rainbowriter" wrote in message ... Jay described the process of creating a text box, then selecting Format, Borders and Shading to place lines above and below text only. He then commented that in Word 2007 it's all automated - but I can't do it in Word 2007! There doesn't seem to be any "Borders and Shading" option - only options to place borders all around, or to fill, shadow, 3D etc. Nothing to select where the lines go! The pre-formatted text boxes are all the wrong color and I can't find where to change the line color. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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how do I create paragraph borders
The borders are only individually selectable for table cells and frames. I
believe it was ever thus. The line colour for text boxes is set, with the text box selected, from the format tab shape outline. Text boxes can be drawn manually in 2007 just as in earlier versions. From the Insert Text Box tool draw text box. You can convert a text box to a frame if you right click format text box text box convert to frame (or add Insert Frame from all commands to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) ). -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org rainbowriter wrote: Jay described the process of creating a text box, then selecting Format, Borders and Shading to place lines above and below text only. He then commented that in Word 2007 it's all automated - but I can't do it in Word 2007! There doesn't seem to be any "Borders and Shading" option - only options to place borders all around, or to fill, shadow, 3D etc. Nothing to select where the lines go! The pre-formatted text boxes are all the wrong color and I can't find where to change the line color. |
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how do I create paragraph borders
Bob
The borders and shadings dialog associated with the text box does not allow the four borders to be individually selected, however you could set the border to no colour and apply text borders as your first suggestion, which has much the same effect. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Bob Buckland ?:-) wrote: Hi Writer, I'm not entirely clear what end result you're looking to achieve. Box borders on selected words can be applied, Lines above and below a paragraph can be applied to text. To do so in Word 2007 select your text and use Home=Paragraph and choose the border tool and apply the borders of choice to text. For Autoshapes, such as text boxes, have outline and coloring choices are before. For those, in Word 2007 try using Insert=Shapes and select a text box 'Basic shape'. Once you've drawn the shape the 'Text Box Tools'=Format ribbon should appear. You can use the Shape Outline, or one of the border styles, or hover over the text box and right click and you should seee the choice for the older 'Borders and Shading' dialog. ========= "rainbowriter" wrote in message ... Jay described the process of creating a text box, then selecting Format, Borders and Shading to place lines above and below text only. He then commented that in Word 2007 it's all automated - but I can't do it in Word 2007! There doesn't seem to be any "Borders and Shading" option - only options to place borders all around, or to fill, shadow, 3D etc. Nothing to select where the lines go! The pre-formatted text boxes are all the wrong color and I can't find where to change the line color. |
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