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Feb 5, 2008 - Here's how: Open word. The other views do not show the margins. In Word 2007 you'd need to get into Word Options/Displayand tick the.
Borders can be applied to an entire page, an entire document, or just certain sections of the document. A border can also be applied to paragraphs.
To put a border around a page or a paragraph, go to the Design tab and click the Page Borders button in the Page Background group. It looks like this:
When you click the Page Borders button, a new dialogue box opens.
Use this window to define the attributes of your border. You can choose to remove a border by clicking the None box. Select a style, width, and color. You can even select some predefined artwork from the Art dropdown box.
Using the Apply To dropdown, you can choose whether to apply these settings to the entire document or just certain pages or sections.
Now take a look in the lower right hand corner of the window where it says 'Options.' Click that for even more control over your border and shading options.
From here, you can choose the margins of your border, and whether or not to measure that from the edge of the page or the edge of the text. Click OK when you're finished.
If you use the same margins in most of your Word documents, you can set default margins once to be used for every new Word document you create. This post shows you how to set your default margins for Word 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016.
Word 2007 thru Word 2016
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The procedure for setting the default margins in Word 2007 thru Word 2016 are the same, except for aesthetic design changes over the years. To set the default margins, click the Page Layout tab.
Click the Margins button and select Custom Margins from the drop-down menu.
The Page Setup dialog box displays. Make sure the Margins tab is active. Enter the margins you want to use as the default margins in the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right edit boxes in the Margins section. Click the Default button.
NOTE: In Word 2010 and later, the Default button is called Set As Default.
A confirmation dialog box displays making sure you want to change the default settings for Page Setup. Click Yes to accept your changes.
NOTE: When you click Yes on confirmation dialog box, the Page Setup dialog box is also closed.
If you need to temporarily change the margins to values other than the default values for a specific document in Word, click the Page Layout tab and select a set of predefined margin values from the drop-down menu.
You can also select Custom Margins from the drop-down menu on the Margins button and enter the desired custom values in the Margins section on the Page Setup dialog box. Click OK to accept the different values, rather than clicking on the Default (or Set As Default) button.
Word 2003
To set default margins in Word 2003, select Page Setup from the File menu.
The Page Setup dialog box displays. You can enter your custom margins and then click on the Default button. Everything else is the same as shown above. Enjoy!