[Jen]

I have a large amount of text in my document, spanning multiple pages, that I
want to set aside by enclosing in a box. What I want is a text border, NOT a
page border (the document has headers and footers that need to stay outside
the box).

It all works fine, except that whenever a paragraph is broken up onto two
pages, there's no border line at the bottom, just an empty space. I'd really
like to have all four sides of the box on every page, but I don't want to
have to resort to adding them manually (e.g., using a table) since the text
will change frequently.

Is there anything I can do, other than forcing paragraphs to stay on one
page? (I'd prefer not to use this method if possible, because some of the
paragraphs are pretty long so it would leave big spaces on my pages).

Thanks,
Jen

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

One way would be to draw a box in the header or footer layer such that
header/footer text itself is outside the box, but that page text appears
inside the box. This is akin to how you'd place a watermark or other
background on every page.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Jen" wrote in message
...
I have a large amount of text in my document, spanning multiple pages, that
I
want to set aside by enclosing in a box. What I want is a text border, NOT
a
page border (the document has headers and footers that need to stay
outside
the box).

It all works fine, except that whenever a paragraph is broken up onto two
pages, there's no border line at the bottom, just an empty space. I'd
really
like to have all four sides of the box on every page, but I don't want to
have to resort to adding them manually (e.g., using a table) since the
text
will change frequently.

Is there anything I can do, other than forcing paragraphs to stay on one
page? (I'd prefer not to use this method if possible, because some of the
paragraphs are pretty long so it would leave big spaces on my pages).

Thanks,
Jen

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A page border gives you the option of including or excluding the
header/footer.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jen" wrote in message
...
I have a large amount of text in my document, spanning multiple pages,
that I
want to set aside by enclosing in a box. What I want is a text border, NOT
a
page border (the document has headers and footers that need to stay
outside
the box).

It all works fine, except that whenever a paragraph is broken up onto two
pages, there's no border line at the bottom, just an empty space. I'd
really
like to have all four sides of the box on every page, but I don't want to
have to resort to adding them manually (e.g., using a table) since the
text
will change frequently.

Is there anything I can do, other than forcing paragraphs to stay on one
page? (I'd prefer not to use this method if possible, because some of the
paragraphs are pretty long so it would leave big spaces on my pages).

Thanks,
Jen