Applying Border in MS-Word(Microsoft office)

A border may be a box around a paragraph (or paragraphs) from all sides. It could be a line that sets a paragraph off on one or more sides. A border can include shading, which fills a paragraph with a pattern. Boxes and line can be solid black and shading can be gray or in colour.
If a group of paragraphs is formatted with a box around them and you press ENTER key at the end of the last paragraph, your new paragraph falls within the box. However, if you want to create a new paragraph outside the border,then move the insertion point outside the border before you press ENTER key.

Applying Borders

To apply boarders to a paragraph, or group of paragraphs, do this:

1. Position the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph to be enclosed in a border or select multiple paragraphs or select the text to be enclosed.
   
2. In Paragraph group, click Border. A drop down menu appears. Choose the selected border you want to apply for paragraph.
3. In Paragraph group, select Border option. The Border dialog box appears .
4. Choose from the options given below:



Option	Effect
None	No box.
Box	A box with identical lines on all four sides, of the selected text or paragraphs.
Shadow	A box with a drop shadow at the bottom right corner.
3-D	A "Picture frame" box.
Custom	Custom design borders on one or more sides of the selected paragraph(s).



5. After selecting the setting, choose the style: in the style scroll list: style determines the type of line used for border.
   
6. In the Color: drop-down list, choose the colour you want the border to be in . If you choose Auto option, the default colour for text is used.
7. In the Width: drop-down list specify the width for the border. 
8. The Preview box shows how the border are applied to the selected text.
9. In Apply to: Choose width you want to apply border to a selected text or paragraph.
10. Click Option to bring up dialog box .In the dialog box specify the gap between the border and the text if need be.
11. Click OK or press ENTER.

  When paragraphs extend exactly to the margins of your page (as they always do if you do not indent the paragraphs ), borders extend slightly outside the margins. If you want borders to fall within or exactly on the margin, you must indent the paragraph. To make borders fall on the margins, indent the paragraph by the width of the border.

To remove or change a box or line from the Ribbon command, do this:

1. Select the paragraph or paragraphs for which you want to remove or change boxes or lines.
2. In paragraph group, select Border
3. Select the Borders tab.
4. Select the None option in the setting : group to remove all borders.
5. Select the line you want to change and choose a different line colour from the Color: list box.
6. Select Box, Shadow, 3-D, or Custom to change the setting border style.
7. Click OK.

To remove or change a line or box, do this:

1. Select the paragraph(s) for which you want to remove or change boxes or lines.
2. Click the Border and Shading option on the Home tab of Paragraph group. A list of options appears.
3. Select the No Border option to remove all borders.