Troubleshoot borders

• If you remove the border from a transparent shape, it won't appear on the printed page. Add a pattern or color to make it visible again.

  How?

  You can use the Fill Color tool to add a fill to any transparent AutoShape, text box, WordArt, or picture except an animated GIF picture. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the picture file again.

  1. Select the picture, AutoShape, text box, or WordArt you want to change.
  2. On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill Color .
  3. Do one or more of the following:

     Add or change a fill color

     Do one of the following:

     • To change to a color in the color scheme, click one of the eight scheme colors below No Fill.
     • To change to a color that isn't in the color scheme, click More Fill Colors. On the Standard tab, click the color you want, or click the Custom tab to mix your own color.

     Add or change a gradient, pattern, texture, or picture fill

     1. Click Fill Effects, and then click the Gradient, Texture, Pattern, Picture, or Tint tab.
     2. Select the options you want.

Microsoft Publisher adds borders to the insides of the selected text box or frame, so that the larger you make a border, the less room you have for pictures or text.

• To solve the problem, do one or both of the following:

  Reduce the size of a border

  1. Select the frame or text box whose border you want to change.
  2. On the Formatting toolbar, click Line/Border Style .
  3. Do one of the following:
     • Click the line width you want.
     • To see more options for line widths, click More Lines, click the Colors and Lines tab, and then select the options you want.

  Increase the size of the frame

  After selecting an object, you can resize it in a number of ways.

  Note  You can override the To Guides option (Arrange menu, Snap command) by holding down the ALT button while you drag the mouse.

  By dragging

  • Position the mouse pointer over one of the handles, and then drag the mouse.

  Keeping the center in the same place

  1. Hold down CTRL.
  2. Position the mouse pointer over one of the handles, and then drag the mouse.
  3. Release the mouse button before you release CTRL.

  Maintaining the object's proportions

  1. Hold down SHIFT.

  2. Position the mouse pointer over one of the corner handles, and then drag the mouse.

  3. Release the mouse button before you release SHIFT.

  Maintaining the proportions and keeping the center in the same place

  1. Hold down CTRL + SHIFT.

  2. Position the mouse pointer over one of the corner handles, and then drag the mouse.

  3. Release the mouse before you release CTRL + SHIFT.

  To a specific height and width

  1. Right-click the picture or AutoShape.
  2. On the shortcut menu, click Format <object type>.
  3. In the dialog box, click the Size tab.
  4. Under Size and rotate, enter measurements for the height and width of the object.

  By a specific proportion

  1. Right-click the picture or AutoShape.
  2. On the shortcut menu, click Format <object type>.
  3. In the dialog box, click the Size tab.
  4. Under Scale, enter the percentage of the original height or width you want the object resized to.

     To keep the Height and Width proportions the same, select the Lock aspect ratio check box.

You might have selected an object that cannot have BorderArt. You can apply BorderArt only to rectangles, frames, or text boxes.

You cannot add borders to WordArt.

Your text box probably has a border.

1. Click the text box.
2. On the Formatting toolbar, click Line/Border Style .
3. Click No Line.

You need to change the text box margins to be greater than 0 inches.