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Guide to Creating Borders in Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003
Step 1: To create borders in Word 2016, 2013, click on the Design tab on the menu bar, then select Page Borders. This is the section where you can easily create borders around your text in Word.
Note that for Word 2010, 2007, the process of creating borders is slightly different. In the first step, navigate to the Page Layout tab and choose Page Borders instead of Design as in the above versions to create borders in Word.
And finally, for Word 2003, creating borders differs slightly in the first step. Navigate to the Format menu, then select Borders and Shading to proceed with creating borders in Word 2003.
Step 2: All versions differ slightly in the initial steps, but the subsequent actions for creating borders in Word remain the same. First, create borders for the frame in Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 by selecting the Borders section with the following information:
- Settings: Choose the display style of the border with options such as Box, Shadow, 3-D, Custom.
- Style: Select the display style of the border such as line 1, 2, 3, or dashed line according to the preference of the user creating borders in Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003.
Step 3: And after some exploration with the Borders section, the result will be as shown below.
Step 4: To create borders in Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, we need to go to the Page Border section, which is the most accurate with similar parameters. However, there is one parameter called Art that allows users to create borders around Word with a variety of pre-designed shapes.
Additionally, if you want to apply to all documents in the file, select Apply to Whole document.
The result of creating borders around Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 will be as shown below.
Step 5: However, if you only want to create borders around Word applied to the current page, select Apply to This section - First page only.
Then, you can see the comparison when one side has borders and the other side does not have borders around it.
Step 6: The final part in the article about creating borders around Word that we want to mention is the Shading section, which allows the creator to apply background colors to text in a paragraph or entire Word document with the following options:
- Fill: Choose the background color for the paragraph or entire document.
- Style: Select the display style of the background color for text in the form of Patterns.
- Color: Choose the background color for text in the form of Patterns.
- Apply to Text: Apply to all text in the section you selected.
While Apply to Paragraph applies to all text in the Word document.
The result will be as follows.
Above is all the information and basic usage of creating borders around Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003. Hopefully, this article will help readers understand how to use and create borders around Word. This is one of the most basic ways in using Word and creating Word documents. In case you are using Word 2013, refer to how to create borders in Word 2013 here.
One of the important steps to complete a Word document, no less than creating borders around Word, is how to add copyright watermark to Word 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003. Whether you know it or not, refer to the detailed article on adding copyright watermark to Word here, where we provide very detailed instructions.
