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Draw one box around 4 columns?
I have a document that consists of one landscape page with four vertical
columns. I would like to draw a box around the document. In Word 2003 if I go into Format/Borders & Shading and create a border, it creates 4 boxes: one around each column. How do I get one box that will go around all four columns? |
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Draw one box around 4 columns?
How are the columns created? Snaking/newspaper columns?
If the four columns are all that's on a given page, you could use a Page Border. If the page contains other stuff, you can create a graphical border using Word's drawing tools. To keep from getting confused, choose Tools - Options - General, and turn off the Automatically create drawing canvas option. Right-click any toolbar and choose Drawing. Click the Rectangle tool, and draw a rectangle around the columns. If it covers the text up, right-click on the rectangle and choose "Send behind text". You probably also want to format the box's fill color (Format Autoshape - Colors and Lines) as No Fill. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "T. Wise" wrote in message ... I have a document that consists of one landscape page with four vertical columns. I would like to draw a box around the document. In Word 2003 if I go into Format/Borders & Shading and create a border, it creates 4 boxes: one around each column. How do I get one box that will go around all four columns? |
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Draw one box around 4 columns?
That did it brilliantly. Thanks so much.
/t "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... ...If the page contains other stuff, you can create a graphical border using Word's drawing tools. To keep from getting confused, choose Tools - Options - General, and turn off the Automatically create drawing canvas option. Right-click any toolbar and choose Drawing. Click the Rectangle tool, and draw a rectangle around the columns. If it covers the text up, right-click on the rectangle and choose "Send behind text". You probably also want to format the box's fill color (Format Autoshape - Colors and Lines) as No Fill. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "T. Wise" wrote in message ... I have a document that consists of one landscape page with four vertical columns. I would like to draw a box around the document. In Word 2003 if I go into Format/Borders & Shading and create a border, it creates 4 boxes: one around each column. How do I get one box that will go around all four columns? |
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