Borders and Shading

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Borders and Shading

In the same word document you have been working with, you will learn how to use borders and shading, which are very useful for making sections of a resume stand out. Keep in mind, though, that shaded text will not show up very well if photocopied. In addition to paragraph borders, you will also learn how to use a page border, which is very useful for flyers and newsletters.

Below the text you have entered from the previous lesson, type in the following two lines with the word "Resume" in each. Press "Enter" twice after each word, so a blank line follows them.

Resume

Resume

Insert shading

Select the text in the first line.

Go to the Format menu and
Select Borders and Shading to get the following window:

Next, click on the colour tile for "Gray-10%" or choose 10% from the Style drop-down menu.
Leave the colour as Auto and
Set "Apply to" as Paragraph
Click OK. The first line should have a shaded background.

Insert a paragraph border

Select the text in the second line. To insert a border,

Open the same Borders and Shading window,
Choose the Borders tab to get the following screen:

In this window, you can select the various border settings, style, colour, width, and determine what part of the text you want it applied to. There is also a button on this window that allows you to show the "Tables and Borders" toolbar.

For your assignment, select the border setting as "Shadow," but leave the rest to the defaulted setting (single line style, auto colour, 1/2 pt width).

Your two lines of text with the shading and border should look like the following:

Insert a page border

The last step in this section is to insert a page border around the entire page of your document. To do this, open the Borders and Shading window again, and go to the "Page Border" tab. The screen should look very similar to the "Border" tab screen, but the following options have been added:

Under the "Apply to" drop-down menu, there are more options. You can choose to include the page border on every page of the document (Whole document) or a particular section with the option of including or excluding the first page.
There is now a drop-down menu from which you can choose from various art to be used in creating your page border. Scroll down to view all the choices available to you.

For your assignment, insert a page border using one of the Art border options
Apply it to This section - First page only. If you are viewing your document in the "Normal" view setting, you will not be able to view the page border. A page border is seen only in the "Page Layout" view or in print preview. Save the changes you have made to your document and move on to the next section Paragraph Alignment and Spacing.