Border management: one frame instead of multiple?
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Hello,
I wrote a text consisting of normal paragraphs, then a series of bullet points, followed by normal paragraphs again, and then another set of bullet points.
I would like to enclose everything within a single border, but when I select the text and apply an outer border, it applies a first border to the first normal paragraphs, then a second border to the first bullet point block, then another border to the normal paragraphs that follow, and so on.
(And I have the same problem in another part of my text where I would like to enclose a text made up of titles and paragraphs with a single line: Word frames each title independently from the rest of the text...)
Is there a solution for my outer border to apply to the entire selected text, regardless of style?
Thank you!
I wrote a text consisting of normal paragraphs, then a series of bullet points, followed by normal paragraphs again, and then another set of bullet points.
I would like to enclose everything within a single border, but when I select the text and apply an outer border, it applies a first border to the first normal paragraphs, then a second border to the first bullet point block, then another border to the normal paragraphs that follow, and so on.
(And I have the same problem in another part of my text where I would like to enclose a text made up of titles and paragraphs with a single line: Word frames each title independently from the rest of the text...)
Is there a solution for my outer border to apply to the entire selected text, regardless of style?
Thank you!
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Hello,
Indeed, if your paragraphs have indentations, Word will underline each paragraph independently.
As you were told, if the goal is to put a frame all around, you need to choose Page Border (and not Paragraph Border).
If the goal is simply to frame a piece of text, including indented paragraphs, the easiest way is to put this text in a table and add outer borders to the table.
m@rina
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Can we read my responses in full????
Indeed, if your paragraphs have indentations, Word will underline each paragraph independently.
As you were told, if the goal is to put a frame all around, you need to choose Page Border (and not Paragraph Border).
If the goal is simply to frame a piece of text, including indented paragraphs, the easiest way is to put this text in a table and add outer borders to the table.
m@rina
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Can we read my responses in full????
Hello.
- 1) It's quite a bad idea to put frames.
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- 2) You could replace the paragraph border with a page border, but that would then concern the entire document.
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- 3) The only (good) solution is to use your
horizontal rule
to align ALL your paragraphs, including titles and bullets, to the left and also to the right:
See "Step 5"
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It's nice, retirement! Especially in the Caribbean... Raymond (INSA, AFPA)
Hello Raymond,
Thank you for your response!
May I ask why you think paragraph borders are a pretty bad idea in a Word document?
"3) The only (good) solution is to use your horizontal ruler to align ALL your paragraphs, including titles and bullets, to the left and also to the right" => I understand the idea... but I would have preferred a frame. So there is no solution to frame multiple paragraphs of different styles in one go, is that right?
Thank you for your response!
May I ask why you think paragraph borders are a pretty bad idea in a Word document?
"3) The only (good) solution is to use your horizontal ruler to align ALL your paragraphs, including titles and bullets, to the left and also to the right" => I understand the idea... but I would have preferred a frame. So there is no solution to frame multiple paragraphs of different styles in one go, is that right?
Hello Mike.
It's been a while since we last exchanged...
Putting a lot of passages from a document in boxes makes the presentation heavy, and it feels like an obituary! If it’s meant to highlight a thought, a slogan, a conclusion, then it’s fine; but for paragraphs accompanied by bullet lists, it's not very pleasing aesthetically. Of course, that's just my personal opinion, so it's subjective...
"I understand the idea... but I would have preferred a box": I realize I hadn't finished my sentence; please forgive me:
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Retirement is great! Especially in the Caribbean...
Raymond (INSA, AFPA)
It's been a while since we last exchanged...
Putting a lot of passages from a document in boxes makes the presentation heavy, and it feels like an obituary! If it’s meant to highlight a thought, a slogan, a conclusion, then it’s fine; but for paragraphs accompanied by bullet lists, it's not very pleasing aesthetically. Of course, that's just my personal opinion, so it's subjective...
"I understand the idea... but I would have preferred a box": I realize I hadn't finished my sentence; please forgive me:
The only (good) solution is to use your horizontal rule to align ALL your paragraphs, including titles and bullet points, to the left and also to the right before inserting the box.
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Retirement is great! Especially in the Caribbean...
Raymond (INSA, AFPA)
The solution via the table, indeed it works well!
For the Page Border solution, is it done in Design/Page Border/Border? (I am on MS 365) If so, given what Word offers me in "apply to", it would then require creating sections (more complicated than creating a table) to avoid applying the border to the entire document, is that correct?