TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Setting shading in Word - part II From:"Wittel, Teresa J." <WITTTJ -at- NCSLINK -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:00:00 -0700
Hey Paul,
The top border is easy....
Put your cursor where you want the border to start.
From the Format menu, choose Borders and Shading.
Click the Shading tab.
Select Custom:
Choose a foreground color and a background color, as well as the
density.
When you return to the doc, you can control the size of the border by
adjusting the paragraph spacing or adding extra hard returns.
The side border can be controlled from the Borders tab on the Borders
and Shading submenu, but it doesn't get very big. The only other thing
I can suggest (if you don't want to use tables) is to use a colored
frame. (Ugh! Word doesn't control frames as well as other applications,
say Framemaker or AmiPro.) It could give you nightmares....
TECHWR-L (Technical Communication) List Information: To send a message
to 2500+ readers, e-mail to TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU -dot- Send commands
to LISTSERV -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU (e.g. HELP or SIGNOFF TECHWR-L).
Search the archives at http://www.documentation.com/ or search and
browse the archives at http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html
