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3. Set the width, style, and color for the line to use in the border. Again, use the Object Preview to verify
the result as you work. Note that if you change the border you selected in the Settings area at any
point, the new border uses the line settings in effect at the time of the change.
Line width: Enter the width of the line to use in the border. Units are points.
Line style: Select the style for the line.
Line color box: View the current color for the line.
Color button: Click to select a color for the line using the Color Picker.
To define custom borders for a Box or Text object:
1. If necessary, in the Box or Text properties dialog box, click Borders.
2. In the Settings area, select Custom, and repeat step 3 through step 5 of this procedure to define the
color, width and style of each of the lines in the border of the background box. There are 12 lines you
can define: the four sides of the box, the four corners, two diagonals, a vertical bisecting line, and a
horizontal bisecting line. You can make any of these 12 lines visible or invisible.
3. Define the width, style, and color for the line.
Line width: Enter the line width.
Line style: Select the line style.
Line color box: View the current color for the line.
Color button: Click to select a color for the line using the Color Picker.
4. Click the button for each of the lines you want to define using those line settings. Use the Object
Preview to preview the background box.
Sides
Top, Bottom, Left, Right sides: Click one of these to select a side of the background box and apply
the current line settings to it.
Corners
Upper left, upper right, lower right, lower left corners: Click to switch between a right-angled and
rounded corner, or to apply the current line settings to a rounded corner. If you want to apply the
current line settings to a rounded corner that is not currently visible, click that corner. If the rounded
corner is currently visible, click the corner twice: the first click switches to the right-angled corner style,
the second switches back to the rounded corner style and applies the settings to that style.
Bisections
Left, Right diagonal: Click to apply the line settings to a diagonal that bisects the background box.
Note that if you use diagonal lines in a box with round corners the lines will cross the corners.
Vertical, Horizontal line: Click to apply the line settings to a line that bisects the background box.
5. If you created any rounded corners in the background box, and if necessary, adjust the curve for those
corner(s).
Radius: Set the radius of the circle to use to create round corners. The maximum value is one half of
the smaller of the Width and Height values set for the object.
Related topics:
• Text and Box Objects (Page 119)
• Add a Text Object (Page 138)
• Change the View on the Text Properties (Page 142)
• Change the Width of the Text Object in the Text Area (Page 142)
• Change the Background Color of the Text Area (Page 143)
• Adjust Margins and Indents (Page 143)
• Set Tabs (Page 144)
• Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Move or Delete Text in a Text Object (Page 146)
• Undo or Redo Editing Operations (Page 147)
• Insert Text from an External Application into a Text Object (Page 148)
• Use Variables in a Text Object (Page 148)
• Apply a Style to Text in a Text Object (Page 150)
• Adjust Text Justification and Lines per Unit (Page 151)
• Position Text within the Text Object (Page 152)
• Turn Word Wrap On or Off (Page 153)
• Spell Check Text in a Text Object (Page 133)
• Use the Thesaurus (Page 135)
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