Add a Page Border in Microsoft Word 2010

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. Today I'm going to show you how to add page borders to a Microsoft 2010 Word document using Hotkey Commands.

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   The first thing we're going to do is press Alt

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   This brings up a selection of letters related to each section.

   

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   I need the Page Layout section which is represented by the P key, so if I press P it takes me to the page layout section

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   Now I want to access the Page Borders subsection which is represented by the letters P and B

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   When we press P and B at the same time, it brings me to this box.

   

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   Here we have a selection of borders and we can select the one we like using the directional arrows

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   Once we select the one we like we can press Tab. Now we can select the style of line, thicker or thinner. Press tab when you've chosen.

   

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   Now we can choose the color

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   Press enter when you are done.

   

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   We can also choose the width

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   We can apply it to the whole document or just a section, such as the first page only or just the highlighted section

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   You can have a different color for each section if you'd like.

   

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   If we hit enter on Options, it will bring up another box

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   We can change the size of the margins here.

   

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   There are also other options in the tabs, such as shading

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   If we want to shade this we can by pressing tab, select a color.

   

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    Once you press enter, you've created a very nice section with blue shading

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    If you go back into the Page Border section, you can create a border by going to the Page Border tab

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    Hit OK and it will create a border. Now we have a orange border. Now we have created shading and a page border.

    

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    If we go back to the Page Border section we can see the other tabs

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    Borders represents the text inside, and the page border represents the border around the page. I'm going to remove the shading.

    

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    Now I'm going to make a new border to go around the page from the Page Border tab

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    Once I press enter it will insert. Now you see we have created a nice border around the page.

    

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    This is how to insert a page border or a text border into a Microsoft 2010 Word document using Hotkey Commands

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    If you have any questions or suggestions please leave them in the section below.

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