Borders, Shading & Text Boxes

 

 

Borders  

 

To Add a Border to Text

·        Right click on an empty spot on a toolbar and select Tables and Borders

·        Select the text

·        Select Line Style, Line Weight, Border Color, and Shading Color

·        Click the Outside Border icon

 

To Add a Page Border

·        Format  Þ Borders and Shading Þ Page Border 

·        Select the border setting, style, color and width

·        Click Art to add a graphic border

·        Click OK

 

 

You can also add borders and shading to tables by first selecting the table and then using Format  Þ Borders and Shading to apply the desired settings.

 

 

 

Shading

·        Select the text, text box or table to shade

·        Format  Þ Borders and Shading Þ Shading

·        Select the fill color and style

·        Click OK

 

 

 

Text boxes

 

To Create a Text Box

·        Place the cursor where the text box should go

·        Insert Þ Text box

·        Click, hold and drag the mouse to create the desired sized text box

·        Click in the text box to add text

 

To Move or Resize a Text Box

·        Click on the text box to select

·        Move the cursor over any of the lines until the four-headed cursor appears

·        Click, hold and drag the text box to the desired location

·        To resize, click on the text box and then click on a resize box and drag

 

To Format a Text Box

·        Click on the text box to select 

·        Move the cursor over any of the outside lines

·        Right click

·        Select Format Text Box

·        Click on the Colors and Lines tab

·        Change the line color, size or format

·        Click on the Layout tab to modify the text wrapping properties

·        Click on the Text Box tab to change the Internal Margins

·        To edit background color or shading, Format Þ Borders and Shading

 

 

·        To change the direction of the text, select the text box then right click on an empty spot on the menu bar and select Text Box tool bar.  Click the Change Text Direction icon 

 

                                                                                                                    

 

RLS

12/31/1999