Microsoft KB Archive/285623

= HOW TO: Use BorderArt in Microsoft Publisher 2002 =

Article ID: 285623

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285623



IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * How to Add or Change a Border
 * How to Remove a Border
 * How to Create a Custom Border

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SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to use BorderArt in Microsoft Publisher 2002.

After you select a frame or text box in Microsoft Publisher 2002, you can add a line border of any color or thickness, or a picture border. If the frame or text box already has a border, you can change it or remove it. You can also create custom borders.

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How to Add or Change a Border
To add or change a border, follow these steps:  Start Microsoft Publisher, and then open the publication that you want. Select the frame or text box that you want to change. On the Formatting toolbar, click the Line/Border Style button. Do one of the following:

 To add one of the predefined lines to all sides, click the line width that you want. To add a line of any color or width, follow these steps:

 Click More Lines.

If you are working with an oval or circle, go to step d.</li> In the dialog box, click the Colors and Lines tab.</li> Under Line, use the buttons to select the sides to which you want to add a line border.

<ul> To select one side to change, click the button on the side that you want.</li> To select one or more sides, hold down SHIFT, and then click the buttons on the sides that you want.</li> To add a border around the whole box or cell, under Presets, click the Box button (a border is displayed inside the perimeter of the button).</li></ul> </li> Select the options that you want.</li></ol> </li> To add a picture border to all sides of a text box, picture frame, or square, follow these steps:

NOTE: This procedure does not apply to ovals or circles.

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Click More lines.</li> Under Line, click BorderArt.</li> In the BorderArt dialog box, select the options that you want.

NOTE: If you want to change the color of a line, click Line Color.</li></ol> </li></ul> </li></ol>

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How to Remove a Border
To remove a border, follow these steps:
 * 1) Select the frame or text box that has the border that you want to remove.
 * 2) On the Formatting toolbar, click the Line/Border Style button.
 * 3) Click No Line.

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How to Create a Custom Border
You can create a custom border from clip art, a picture file, a scanned photograph or other bitmap, or a picture that you create in a drawing program. Your custom border is stored with the Microsoft Publisher BorderArt.

To create a custom border, follow these steps:
 * 1) Right-click the frame or text box for which you want to create a custom border.
 * 2) On the shortcut menu, click Format  , where   is the name of the item that you want to format. For example, right-click Format Text Box.
 * 3) Click the Colors and Lines tab.
 * 4) Click BorderArt.
 * 5) In the BorderArt dialog box, click Create Custom.
 * 6) Select the options that you want.

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