Microsoft KB Archive/46521

Word: Creating a Box Around a Multiple-Column Document

PSS ID Number: Q46521 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Word cannot use the Format Border Box command to place a box around multiple column documents. The following is a workaround for this limitation:


 * 1) Center a paragraph mark on the first line of the page. With the cursor on the paragraph mark, choose Format Border. Select Lines, and type “yes” in the “Left:”, “Right:”, and “Above:” fields.
 * 2) Replace all paragraph symbols in multiple-column text with new line symbols (SHIFT+ENTER), but leave one paragraph mark at the end of each column to store the paragraph formatting.
 * 3) Position the cursor in the first column of text, and choose Format Border. Select Lines, and type “yes” in the “Left:” field.
 * 4) Position the cursor in the last column of text, and choose Format Border. Select Lines, and type “yes” in the “Right:” field.
 * 5) Center a paragraph mark on the last line of the page. With the cursor on the paragraph mark, choose Format Border. Select Lines, and type “yes” in the “Left:”, “Right:”, and “Below:” fields.
 * 6) If necessary, add line breaks (SHIFT+ENTER) in the shorter columns to make them the same length as the longest column.

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