Change a border

Microsoft Office Word 2003

  1. Select the text, picture, or table whose border you want to change.

    If you want to change a border on specific table cells, select the cells, including the end-of-cell mark.

    Select cells and end-of-cell mark

  2. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading, and then click the Borders tab.
  3. Change any options you want.

ShowTip

If you are changing borders in a complicated table or in several parts of your document, you may want to use the Tables and Borders toolbar.

ShowChange a page border

  1. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading, and then click the Page Border tab.
  2. Change any options you want.

Note  You can see page borders on your screen by viewing your document in print layout view.

ShowChange a Web frame border

  1. On the Format menu, point to Frames, and then click Frame Properties.
  2. On the Borders tab, change any options that you want.

ShowChange the border of a drawing object

  1. Select the drawing canvas that surrounds the drawing object whose border you want to change.
  2. On the Drawing toolbar, click the arrow next to Line Color Button image, and then select the new color of line you want.

    To use a different size or style of line, click Line Style Button image or Dash Style Button image.