How to Add Border to Page in Word

For creating border for your document, you should follow these steps;

How to Add Border to Page in Word

1- Click on Design tab.

2- In the “Page Background” part, choose “Page Borders”.

3- In the Setting part, there are some preset options which you can choose one of them.

4- In the Style part, you can choose your desired style for the line of your borders.

5- In the “Color” part, you can change the color of the lines in your border.

6- In the Width part, you can modify the thickness of your line.

7- In the Art part, you can find different shapes for the border of your document.

8- In the Apply to part you can specify this border for all pages of your document or part of your document.

Note:

If you want to specify differnt border for each chapter of your document, you should define section for each chapter and then specify your desired border for each chapter. we explained this subject at the end of this part.

9- Press Ok.

How to Define Margins for Borders.

• In the Border and shading dialoge click on Option.

• In the Margin section, you can choose your desired margin for your border.

• In the “Measure from” part you can define that;

Text: you want to have these margins from text.

or

Edge of Page: you want this margin from edge of the page.

• Click Ok.

How to Create Section in Word

For creating section in your word document, you should follow these steps;

1- In order to see paragraph mark in your document

• Click on Home tab.

• In Paragraphs part, select the Paragraph sign.

2- Place your cursor at the end of the chapter one.

3- Click on the Layout tab.

4- Click on the Breaks.

5- Choose “Next Page”.

Now you can see “Section Break” mark at the end of the chapter one.

6- Place the cursor in the chapter one section.

7- Click on the Design tab.

8- Click on Page Borders.

9- Choose your desired border for your document.

10- In the “Apply to” part, choose “This section”.

11- Click Ok.

12- Repeat steps 6 to 11 for other sections.