You’ll see a box with horizontal lines representing text. The third column contains the settings that tell Word which sides of the document you want borders to appear. Art allows you to choose from a variety of art shapes to use in place of lines.Width adjusts how heavy the border line is.Color allows you to set any color you wish for the border.Style lets you select from a variety of line styles such as solid, dotted, dashed, multiple lines, etc.In the center column there are four sections.
Useful if you only want borders on the sides, for example. In the Setting column, select the type of border you’d like. The Borders and Shading panel in Microsoft Word. In the Borders and Shading panel that opens, be sure the Page Border tab is selected. You’ll find it toward the right end of the ribbon. To insert a border around the page, open the Design tab. The same settings are available in Word for Windows. The screenshots used in this tutorial are from Microsoft Word for Macs.