/text/shared/01/05030500.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. UFI: sw.features "New option Merge borders/shadow with next paragraph" DEDR: reviewed UFI: new feature collapsing borders YJ: reviewed

Borders Set the border options for the selected cells object or the current paragraph.

You can specify the border position, size, and style. In $[officename] Writer, you can add borders to pages, frames, graphics, tables, paragraphs, and to embedded objects. To modify the border of an entire table, place the cursor in a table cell, right-click, choose Table, and then click the Borders tab. To modify the border of a table cell, select the cell, right-click, choose Table, and then click the Borders tab. Line arrangement Select a predefined border style to apply. A preview of the border style is shown in the User-defined area of this dialog. If you are in a table or spreadsheet, you can also add or remove predefined borders. Use the Borders icon on the Table Bar.

To add or remove borders, click the sides of the cell in the preview until the border is added or removed. To keep the current border style, click the sides of the cell until a thick line appears. UFI: write guide with pictures some day You can also click the border marks to add or remove borders to a table cell. The current border selection in the preview is indicated by black arrows around the border marks.

Line Click the border style that you want to apply. The border is applied to the borders selected in the preview. Select the line color that you want to use for the selected border(s). Spacing to contents Specify the amount of space that you want to leave between the border and the contents of the selection. Left Enter the distance that you want to have between the left border and the contents of the selection. Right Enter the distance that you want to have between the right border and the contents of the selection. Upper Enter the distance that you want to have between the top border and the contents of the selection. Lower Enter the distance that you want to have between the bottom border and the contents of the selection. Synchronize Applies the same spacing to contents setting to all four borders when you enter a new distance. shadows; borders borders; shadows margins; shadows Shadow style You can also apply a shadow effect to borders. For the best results, only apply this effect when all four borders are visible. Graphics or objects that are anchored to a frame in the document cannot exceed the size of the frame. If you apply a shadow to the borders of an object that fills an entire frame, the size of the object is reduced to display the shadows. Position Click a shadow style for the selected borders. Distance Enter the width of the shadow. Color Select a color for the shadow. Properties Specifies the properties for the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs. Merge with next paragraph Merges the border style and the shadow style of the current paragraph with the next paragraph. These styles are only merged if the indent, border, and shadow styles of the next paragraph are the same as the current paragraph. This option is also available for Paragraph Styles.UFI: see spec "spec-merge-borders-and-shadow" Merge adjacent line styles Merges two different border styles of adjacent cells in a Writer table into one border style. The rules can be condensed to the statement that the stronger attribute wins. If, for example, one cell has a red border of 2 point width, and the adjacent cell has a blue border of 3 point width, then the common border between these two cells will be blue with 3 point width.UFI: see spec "collapsing_table_borders"