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<topic id="textswriterguidebordersxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">User Defined Borders in Text Documents </title>
<filename>text/swriter/guide/borders.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2005-11-01T16:47:50">Writer borders</created>
<lastedited date="2007-02-19T12:20:56"/>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6737876"><bookmark_value>borders;for text tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>cells;borders in text tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>defining;table borders in Writer</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>frames;around text tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables;defining borders</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW changed "text tables;" to "tables;"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3614917" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="borders"><link href="text/swriter/guide/borders.xhp">User Defined Borders in Text Documents</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1069368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can apply a variety of different cell borders to selected cells in a Writer table and to the whole table. Other objects in text documents can have user defined borders, too. For example, you can assign borders to page styles, to frames, and to inserted pictures or charts.</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6527298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the cell or a block of cells in a Writer table.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6129947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Table - Table properties</item>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8141117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the dialog, click the <emph>Borders</emph> tab.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6016418" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose the border options you want to apply and click OK.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5282448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The options in the <emph>Line arrangement</emph> area can be used to apply multiple border styles.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3547166" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Selection of cells</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1108432" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Depending on the selection of cells, the area looks different.</paragraph>
<table id="tbl_id4423352">
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id2422559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Selection</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id1053498" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Line arrangement area</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1076998" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">One cell selected in a table of more that one cell size, or cursor inside a table with no cell selected</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4240241" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id1058992" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_1.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.5937inch"><alt id="alt_id1058992" xml-lang="en-US">one cell border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id162053" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A one cell table, the cell is selected</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id5021820" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id7366557" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_2.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.6146inch"><alt id="alt_id7366557" xml-lang="en-US">one selected cell border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3549607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Cells in a column selected</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2544328" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id2298654" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_3.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.6252inch"><alt id="alt_id2298654" xml-lang="en-US">column selected border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1636402" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Cells in a row selected</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id7450483" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id9033783" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_4.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.6043inch"><alt id="alt_id9033783" xml-lang="en-US">row selected border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id5741752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A whole table of 2x2 or more cells selected</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id570085" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id4776757" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_5.png" width="1.2811inch" height="1.6043inch"><alt id="alt_id4776757" xml-lang="en-US">block selected border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5044099" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Default settings</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id626544" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click one of the <emph>Default</emph> icons to set or reset multiple borders.</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id292062" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The thin gray lines inside an icon show the borders that will be reset or cleared.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1361735" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The dark lines inside an icon show the lines that will be set using the selected line style and color.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id82399" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The thick gray lines inside an icon show the lines that will not be changed.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id7144993" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Examples</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5528427" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select a block of about 8x8 cells, then choose <emph>Format - Cells - Borders</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4194158" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id8221076" src="res/helpimg/border_ca_5.png" width="1.1354inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id8221076" xml-lang="en-US">default icons for borders</alt>
</image></paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7253028" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the left icon to clear all lines. This removes all outer borders and all inner lines.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9441206" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the second icon from the left to set an outer border and to remove all other lines.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7276833" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the rightmost icon to set an outer border. The inner lines are not changed.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5273293" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Now you can continue to see which lines the other icons will set or remove.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5110019" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">User defined settings</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1820734" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>User defined</emph> area, you can click to set or remove individual lines. The preview shows lines in three different states. </paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7093111" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Repeatedly click an edge or a corner to switch through the three different states.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<table id="tbl_id5196996">
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3673818" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Line types</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id2593768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Image</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id2055421" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Meaning</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id9836115" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A black line</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id6485793" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id1237525" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_6.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.1354inch"><alt id="alt_id1237525" xml-lang="en-US">solid line for border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1454512" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A black line sets the corresponding line of the selected cells. The line is shown as a dotted line when you choose the 0.05 pt line style. Double lines are shown when you select a double line style.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4618671" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A gray line</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1239356" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id2688680" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_7.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.1457inch"><alt id="alt_id2688680" xml-lang="en-US">gray line for border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id9474166" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A gray line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will not be changed. No line will be set or removed at this position.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1545457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A white line</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1681875" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id7340617" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_8.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.1354inch"><alt id="alt_id7340617" xml-lang="en-US">white line for border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2316660" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A white line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will be removed.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5908688" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Examples</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5118564" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select a single cell in a Writer table, then choose <emph>Table - Table properties - Borders</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id244758" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select a thick line style.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7741325" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To set a lower border, click the lower edge repeatedly until you see a thick line.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id542313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<image id="img_id4273506" src="res/helpimg/border_wr_6.png" width="1.2709inch" height="1.1354inch"><alt id="alt_id4273506" xml-lang="en-US">setting thick lower border</alt>
</image></paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id2210760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">All cells in a Writer table have at least a left and a lower line by default. Most cells on the table perimeter have more lines applied by default. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id5400860" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">All lines that are shown in white in the preview will be removed from the cell.</paragraph>
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</switch>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/border_page.xhp#border_page"/>
<embed href="text/shared/guide/border_paragraph.xhp#border_paragraph"/>
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