2007 Microsoft® Office System Inside Out

Creating Partial Borders

Not every border you apply to a paragraph, a table, or an object needs lines that completely enclose it. You might want to add two lines, at the top and right side of a paragraph, for example, to help set it apart from an article that appears beside it. You might use only a top and bottom rule to contain your table of contents. Or you might use a single line to set off a quotation from the main text in a report or to mark the start of a new section.

Creating a partial border is a simple matter. You use the Custom Setting option and the Preview area of the Borders And Shading dialog box to accomplish it. Here are the steps.

1. Click in a table or paragraph or select the information or object you want to apply a border to.

2. On ...