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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Borders for Objects </title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-02-16T10:31:31">converted from old format - fpe
moved from shared to swriter, see #60227</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146957"><bookmark_value>objects; defining borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>borders; for objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>frames; around objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>charts;borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pictures;borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>OLE objects;borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>adding;object borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>defining;object borders</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146957" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="17"><variable id="border_object"><link href="text/swriter/guide/border_object.xhp" name="Defining Borders for Objects">Defining Borders for Objects</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="1">In Writer, you can define borders around OLE objects, plug-ins, diagrams/charts, graphics and frames. The name of the menu to be used depends on the object selected.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145673" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">Setting a Predefined Border Style</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Select the object for which you want to define a border.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149578" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Click the <emph>Borders</emph> icon on the <emph>OLE-Object</emph> toolbar or <emph>Frame</emph> toolbar to open the <emph>Borders</emph> window. </paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159176" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click one of the predefined border styles. This replaces the current border style of the object with the selected style.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152474" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Setting a Customized Border Style</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153896" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Format - (object name) - Borders</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154071" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Replace (object name) with the actual name of the object type you selected.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">In the <emph>User-defined</emph> area select the edge(s) that you want to appear in a common layout. Click on an edge in the preview to toggle the selection of an edge.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152933" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select a line style and color for the selected border style in the <emph>Line</emph> area. These settings apply to all border lines that are included in the selected border style.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3125865" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Spacing to Contents</emph> area.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154908" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
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