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Subject:Re: Word 97 -- Borders around text? From:"Gottlieb, Lynn" <Lynn -dot- Gottlieb -at- PSS -dot- BOEING -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:16:31 -0700
Click on the Borders tab. For Settings, select None. Select the Style,
Color and Width of the line you want. In the preview area, click on the
diagram to place the line where you want. That way, you won't get a box,
just a line.
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> From: melonie -dot- holliman -at- amd -dot- com[SMTP:melonie -dot- holliman -at- amd -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 3:05 PM
> To: lynn -dot- gottlieb -at- boeing -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Word 97 -- Borders around text?
>
> Howdy,
>
> I cannot seem to get that to work; I only have the option of changing the
> whole box. How did you get that to work?
>
> We need this to creat overlines in Word.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Melonie R. Holliman
> Technical Writer
> CG MarCom
> Advanced Micro Devices
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gottlieb, Lynn [SMTP:Lynn -dot- Gottlieb -at- PSS -dot- BOEING -dot- COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 5:01 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Re: Word 97 -- Borders around text?
> >
> > If you select Format | Borders and Shading, you can put a "box" around
> > the text, but have only the portion you are interested in contain a
> > visible line.
> >
> >
>
