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Subject:Re: Word 97 -- Borders around text? From:Ed Gregory <edgregory -at- HOME -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:09:44 -0500
Too complicated, answers can become. - Yoda.
1. Highlight the text.
2. Press Alt-o 3. Press b 4. Press x 5. Press ENTER.
or, to present it another way:
1. Highlight the text.
2. Click Format>Borders & Shading>Box and then press
ENTER.
If you want to put a box around an entire paragraph:
1. Place the cursor anywhere in the paragraph (but with nothing
highlighted.)
2. Click Format>Borders & Shading>Box and then press
ENTER.
