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The name of the menu to be used depends on the object selected.</paragraph> 44*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145673" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Set a Predefined Border Style</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155388" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the object for which you want to define a border.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 50*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149578" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Click the <emph>Borders</emph> icon on the <emph>OLE-Object</emph> toolbar or <emph>Frame</emph> toolbar to open the <emph>Borders</emph> window.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 53*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159176" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click one of the predefined border styles. This replaces the current border style of the object with the selected style.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 56*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152474" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Set a Customized Border Style</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 59*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153896" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 62*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156344" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - (object name) - Borders</item>.<br/>Replace (object name) with the actual name of the object type you selected.</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 65*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148797" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <emph>User-defined</emph> area select the edge(s) that you want to appear in a common layout. Click on an edge in the preview to toggle the selection of an edge.</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 68*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152933" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select a line style and color for the selected border style in the <emph>Line</emph> area. These settings apply to all border lines that are included in the selected border style.</paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 71*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3125865" role="listitem" l10n="U">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 74*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150447" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Spacing to Contents</emph> area.</paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 77*89087575Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154908" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/swriter/guide/border_page.xhp#border_page"/> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/guide/border_paragraph.xhp#border_paragraph"/> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/guide/border_table.xhp#border_table"/> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 87