applying borders to a paragraph

rricks1 · Post by **rricks1** » 2006-07-05 20:31:47

How do I apply a border around a paragraph? I selected the paragraph and then went to Borders under Table. When I clicked on the appropriated border icon, nothing happened. In fact, they seem dimmed out. What am I missing here? Thanks. RR1

Post by **martin** » 2006-07-05 20:52:01

Sorry, but we don't currently have this feature. If you want to imitate it, you can place your text into a table with one cell. I know it's not the same, but it will have to do for now!

rricks1 · Post by **rricks1** » 2006-07-05 20:53:07

Okee dokee. thanks for the response. RR1

jesse_the_k · Post by **jesse_the_k** » 2006-07-09 09:22:27

As long as we're on the topic: I would love to apply shading at the paragraph level. I want to imitate "gray bar" paper, where every other line is highlighted by a subtle background color.

This is workaroundable with much table fiddling (this is part of a newspaper-column document) -- unless someone has a better idea?

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applying borders to a paragraph

applying borders to a paragraph

...and shading at the paragraph level, too