Paragraph border enables you to create a border around one or more paragraphs. You can customize corner designs to highlight the paragraph with beautiful effects.
To apply paragraph border to the text in a text frame, select the text frame or place the pointer on the text in the text frame.
Do one of the following:
– From the Control panel (Window – Control) menu, choose Paragraph Borders and Shading.
– From the Paragraph Styles panel (Window – Styles – Paragraph Styles) menu, choose Style Options and select Paragraph Border.
– From the Paragraph panel (Window – Type and Tables – Paragraph) menu, choose Paragraph Borders and Shading.
In the Border dialog you can choose the following options:
– Top: Specify a value of top border for a particular paragraph.
– Left: Specify a value of left border for a particular paragraph.
– Bottom: Specify a value of bottom border for a particular paragraph.
– Right: Specify a value of right border for a particular paragraph.
– Type: Select the stroke type for paragraph border.
– Color: Select a stroke color for paragraph border.
– Tint: Specify a tint value of stroke for a paragraph border.
– Overprint: Select this option to apply overprint.
– Gap Color: Specify a color to appear in the space between dashes, dots, or multiple lines in a patterned stroke.
– Gap Tint: Specify a tint (when a gap color is specified).
– Cap: Select a cap style to specify the appearance of both ends of an open path.
– Join: Specify the appearance of the stroke at corner points.
– Corner Size And Shape: Select a size and shape for the corners. You can select individual size and shape for each of the four corners.
– Offsets: Specify the value to extend border beyond the object margins.
– Edges: Select the position of the edges of border for a particular paragraph.
– Width: Specify the width of border. Selecting Column spans border across text frame, selecting Text extends border across text.
– Display Border If Paragraph Splits Across Frames/Columns:
Select this option to display a border when the text in a paragraph flows across columns or from one threaded frame to another.
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