Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Using Borders and Shading

Borders and shading add visual interest to your document. Word allows you to place a border around a page, or add a shaded background to a page. Word 2003's Borders and Shading features are covered in detail in the “Adding Table Borders and Shading” section of Chapter 12. Bordering a page is covered here.

NOTE

Word's Borders and Shading features can be used with any text you select, including words, paragraphs, table cells, and tables.

Creating Page Borders

Page borders have various uses. For example, they are effective for report title pages. Figure 5.24 shows an example.

Figure 5.24. Using a page border on a report title page.

To add a border around a page, work in the Page Border tab of the Borders and Shading dialog ...