HOW TO: Use BorderArt in Microsoft Publisher 2002

This step-by-step article describes how to use BorderArt in Microsoft Publisher 2002.

After you select a frame or text box in Microsoft Publisher 2002, you can add a line border of any color or thickness, or a picture border. If the frame or text box already has a border, you can change it or remove it. You can also create custom borders.

How to Add or Change a Border

To add or change a border, follow these steps:

1. Start Microsoft Publisher, and then open the publication that you want.
2. Select the frame or text box that you want to change.
3. On the Formatting toolbar, click the Line/Border Style button.
4. Do one of the following:
   
   
   • To add one of the predefined lines to all sides, click the line width that you want.
   • To add a line of any color or width, follow these steps:
     
     
     1. Click More Lines.
        
        If you are working with an oval or circle, go to step d.
     2. In the dialog box, click the Colors and Lines tab.
     3. Under Line, use the buttons to select the sides to which you want to add a line border.
        
        
        • To select one side to change, click the button on the side that you want.
        • To select one or more sides, hold down SHIFT, and then click the buttons on the sides that you want.
        • To add a border around the whole box or cell, under Presets, click the Box button (a border is displayed inside the perimeter of the button).
     4. Select the options that you want.
   • To add a picture border to all sides of a text box, picture frame, or square, follow these steps:
     
     NOTE: This procedure does not apply to ovals or circles.
     
     
     1. Click More lines.
     2. Under Line, click BorderArt.
     3. In the BorderArt dialog box, select the options that you want.
        
        NOTE: If you want to change the color of a line, click Line Color.

How to Remove a Border

To remove a border, follow these steps:

1. Select the frame or text box that has the border that you want to remove.
2. On the Formatting toolbar, click the Line/Border Style button.
3. Click No Line.

How to Create a Custom Border

You can create a custom border from clip art, a picture file, a scanned photograph or other bitmap, or a picture that you create in a drawing program. Your custom border is stored with the Microsoft Publisher BorderArt.

To create a custom border, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the frame or text box for which you want to create a custom border.
2. On the shortcut menu, click Format ItemName, where ItemName is the name of the item that you want to format. For example, right-click Format Text Box.
3. Click the Colors and Lines tab.
4. Click BorderArt.
5. In the BorderArt dialog box, click Create Custom.
6. Select the options that you want.

For more information about BorderArt, click Microsoft Publisher Help on the Help menu, type BorderArt in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.