Lotus Notes 7 Help - Setting a border style, effect, and thickness

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Setting a border style, effect, and thickness
You can customize the style, effect, and thickness of the border that surrounds your table, paragraph, or graphic. To do so:

1. Put the document in Edit mode.

2. Do one of the following:

Place your cursor anywhere in the table, and choose Table - Table Properties.
Select a paragraph, and choose Text - Text Properties.

Note

Note you can only place borders around one paragraph. If you select more than one paragraph, the Paragraph Border tab in Step 3 is not available.

Place your cursor anywhere in the graphic, and choose Picture - Picture Properties.

3. Click the Table Borders, Paragraph Border, or Picture Border tab.

4. Follow the procedures in the following table to customize your borders.

Note The following procedures also apply to the Borders tab in the Text Properties and the Picture Properties infoboxes.

To do this Procedure

Set border style and thickness

In the "Border style" section, choose a border style.
Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Thickness" in the menu.
Adjust border thickness in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) to see results.

Note To change all sides at once, click the larger arrows to the far right of the border locations.

Set border color In the "Border style" section, choose a color in the Color field.
Note You can customize colors by using the color wheel button in the top right corner of the Color box.

Set a dropped shadow

In the "Border effects" section, select "Drop shadow."
Adjust the size of the shadow in the Width field.

Set spacing between the inside table border and the outside table border

Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Inside" in the menu.
Adjust amount of space in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right).

Note To change all sides at once, click the arrows to the far right of the border locations.

Set spacing between the table border and text or elements outside the table

Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Outside" in the menu.
Adjust amount of space in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right).

Note To change all sides at once, click the arrows to the far right of the border locations.

See Also

Adding graphics to a document

Customizing tables

Creating tables

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To do this	Procedure
Set border style and thickness	In the "Border style" section, choose a border style. Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Thickness" in the menu. Adjust border thickness in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) to see results. Note To change all sides at once, click the larger arrows to the far right of the border locations.
Set border color	In the "Border style" section, choose a color in the Color field. Note You can customize colors by using the color wheel button in the top right corner of the Color box.
Set a dropped shadow	In the "Border effects" section, select "Drop shadow." Adjust the size of the shadow in the Width field.
Set spacing between the inside table border and the outside table border	Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Inside" in the menu. Adjust amount of space in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right). Note To change all sides at once, click the arrows to the far right of the border locations.
Set spacing between the table border and text or elements outside the table	Below the "Border effects" section, choose "Outside" in the menu. Adjust amount of space in appropriate border location field (Top, Bottom, Left, Right). Note To change all sides at once, click the arrows to the far right of the border locations.