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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>Defining Borders</title><meta name="filename" content="text/common/guide/border"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> table.Tabelle1{ } span.Tabelle1A{ width:18cm;} td.Tabelle1A1{ } table.Tabelle2{ } span.Tabelle2A{ width:1.482cm;} span.Tabelle2B{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle2C{ width:15.538cm;} p.P1{ } p.P2{ } span.T1{ font-weight:bold;} span.fr1{ } </style></head><body> <p class="P1"><help:key-word value="borders; choosing style of" tag="kw68440_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="paragraphs; borders of" tag="kw68440_17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="borders; of cells" tag="kw68440_16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="lines; around text" tag="kw68440_15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="borders; of paragraphs" tag="kw68440_14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="borders; around text" tag="kw68440_13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="paragraphs; borders of" tag="kw68440_12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; borders around" tag="kw68440_11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="frames; around paragraphs" tag="kw68440_10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="frames; around text" tag="kw68440_9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="paragraphs; frames around" tag="kw68440_8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; frames around" tag="kw68440_7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="lines; around text" tag="kw68440_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="cells; borders of" tag="kw68440_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="objects; borders of" tag="kw68440_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="pages; borders of" tag="kw68440_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="tables; borders of" tag="kw68440_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="Head1"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="border" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68440">Defining Borders</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p> <p class="Paragraph">You can define the borders of pages, paragraphs, tables and other objects in two places:</p> <ul class="L1"> <li class=""> <p class="P2">Choose <span class="T1">Format - (object name) - Borders</span></p> </li> <li class=""> <p class="P2"><span class="T1">Borders</span> floating toolbar on the object bar, if the object is selected (does not apply to all objects).</p> </li> </ul> <p class="Head2">Choose Format from the menu bar, Borders tab page</p> <help:embedded Id="65824" Eid="umrandungtext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/> <p class="Head2">Use the Borders floating toolbar</p> <p class="Paragraph">Suppose you want to use the following table border for your document:</p> <table><tr class=""><th class="Tabelle1A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="TextInTable"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik1" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="12.801cm" svg:height="2.872cm" draw:z-index="0" xlink:href="67280" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></th></tr></table> <p class="Paragraph"/> <table><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">1.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Place the cursor at the position in your document where the table is to be inserted.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">2.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Choose <span class="T1">Insert</span> - <span class="T1">Table</span> to open the <span class="T1">Insert Table</span> dialog, and insert a table of the required size, e.g. 3 columns and 5 rows.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">3.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Select the whole table, press (Ctrl)(A) twice, then click the <span class="T1">Borders</span> icon on the object bar. On the floating toolbar click the icon at top left, which means "No Border".</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">4.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Now, with the mouse, select the whole of the first row, open the context menu and choose <span class="T1">Table</span> to open the <span class="T1">Table Format</span> dialog.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">5.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Open the <span class="T1">Borders</span> tab page.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">6.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">In the <span class="T1">line</span> field select the required line thickness, e.g. <span class="T1">2.50 pt</span>.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">7.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">In the large <span class="T1">Line arrangement</span> field, click once in the area between the two bottom angles (see illustration) and then on <span class="T1">OK</span>.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik2" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="12.801cm" svg:height="10.156cm" draw:z-index="1" xlink:href="67426" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">8.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Now select the middle column of the table and again open the <span class="T1">Table Format</span> dialog by choosing <span class="T1">Table</span> in the context menu.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik3" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="4.048cm" svg:height="3.969cm" draw:z-index="2" xlink:href="67427" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">9.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Under <span class="T1">Line arrangement </span>, click the areas representing the right and left lines (see illustration).</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">10.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">In the <span class="T1">Style</span> field select the required line thickness and click <span class="T1">OK</span>.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">11.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Select the bottom row of the table and again open the <span class="T1">Table Format</span> dialog by choosing <span class="T1">Table</span> in the context menu.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">12.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">In the <span class="T1">Style</span> field select the required line thickness, previously 2.50 pt, and in <span class="T1">Line arrangement</span> click the areas representing the top and bottom lines.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">13.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2C"> <p class="Paragraph">Click <span class="T1">OK</span>. Now the table is finished.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <p class="Paragraph"/> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="65598" Eid="related" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:link Id="65824" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Borders tab page</help:link></p> </body></html>