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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 15:01:10 -0700
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.
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> From: Keith Long[SMTP:vds -at- KGLONGWARE -dot- COM]
> Reply To: Keith Long
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> Subject: Word 97 -- Borders around text?
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to place a a "single-line" border under selected text in a
> Word 97 document? (Using the regular "underlining" feature of the word
> processor is not sufficient--as I need space between the line and text.)
I
> can place a "box" around text, but not a single line underneath (although
I
> can place a single line under a paragraph). Any advice is welcome! I
> suppose I will have to use the drawing tools to insert a line?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Keith Long
>
>
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