

Then click the sides of the page to which to apply or remove the picture border in the “Preview” section to the right. How to Use Page Borders in Word to Apply a Custom Art BorderĪlternatively, to create a custom picture border, use the “Art” drop-down and “Width” spinner box to choose the picture border to apply. How to Use Page Borders in Word – Instructions: A picture of a user customizing the page border settings in Word within the “Page Border” tab of the “Borders and Shading” dialog box. Note that you cannot apply an “Art” border in combination with the line styles and you cannot apply a different “Setting,” like “Shadow,” to a custom line-style page border. Simply repeat this process of selecting line styles and then clicking the desired borders to create your own custom line style, which also appears in the “Setting” section. Each time you click a line you will either apply or remove the currently selected line style. You can either directly click the lines in the preview or you can click the buttons that represent the different borders, which appear below and to the left of the preview. Then click the sides of the page to which to apply or remove that line style in the “Preview” section to the right. How to Use Page Borders in Word to Apply Different Line Styles to Each Side of a PageĪlternatively, to create a custom line-style page border, which lets you choose different line styles to apply to the different sides of the page, select a line style from the “Style,” “Color,” and “Width” drop-downs.

If you chose one of the line style borders, you can also click either the “Shadow” or “3D” preset settings in the “Setting” section to apply that effect to the line borders, too. You can see this preset in the “Setting” section. After selecting either of these, a preview of the page border appears in the “Preview” area to the right with the default “Box” preset setting applied. Alternatively, to apply a picture border, use the “Art” drop-down and “Width” spinner box. To set the line style of the border lines, use the “Style,” “Color,” and “Width” drop-downs. How to Use Page Borders in Word to Set the Page Border Line Styles Doing this then opens the “Borders and Shading” dialog box and displays the “Page Border” tab within it. Then click the “Page Borders” button in the “Page Background” button group. To use page borders in Word, click the “Design” tab in the Ribbon. This video lesson is from our complete Word tutorial, titled “ Mastering Word Made Easy v.2019 and 365.” How to Use Page Borders in Word: Overview How to Use Page Borders in Word by Opening the Borders and Shading Dialog Box This video lesson, titled “ Applying Page Borders,” shows how to use page borders in Word.
