TECH TIP: How To Create Borders and Screens

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TECH TIP: How To Create Borders and Screens

To emphasize page elements by enclosing them in a box or including background shading, use the Borders and Shading dialog box.

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To create a border around a page element or an entire page, select the area you want to format. Select the Page Layout tab, and then select Page Borders in the Page Background group.

Select the Borders or Page Border tab. You can specify the type of border, line style, color, and line width.

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To create shading, also called a screen, select the area you want to format, and then select Page Borders on the Page Background group. Select the Shading tab.

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You can specify the color within the box as well as the style of the pattern.

KEYWORDS: borders, page borders, shading, page background group