Border

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

The following articles are available for the 'Border' topic. Click the article's title (shown in bold) to see the associated article.

Creating Full-Page Borders
If you want a border around an entire page, Word makes it easy to add. Here's the steps you need to follow.

Fixing Page Borders that Don't Print
Add a full-page border to your document, and you might be surprised if it doesn't print on your printer. The solution is easy; you just need to make sure that the border is within the boundaries of what the printer can physically print.

Getting Rid of Word's Automatic Lines
Sometimes you are typing along and all of a sudden you end up with some lines in your document. How did they get there, and what can you do about them?

Getting Rid of Word's Automatic Lines
Type a few characters, and Word may think you want to add a border to a paragraph—and then add it. If you want to get rid of these automatic lines, here's the low-down.

Removing Paragraph Borders
Format a paragraph to use a border today, and you may want to remove that border tomorrow. You do that by following the steps in this tip.

Specifying the Distance between Borders and Text
Add a border around a piece of text (such as a paragraph), and Word makes some assumptions about the placement of that border relative to the text. Here's how to adjust the distance between text and any borders you may add.