2007 Microsoft® Office System Inside Out

Adjusting Border Spacing

Word makes a few assumptions about the way borders appear in documents. By default, Word uses a small margin in borders applied to a paragraph and a larger margin in borders for sections and pages. When you add a border to a paragraph, Word adds a 1-point margin to the top and bottom and a 4-point margin along the left and right edges of the border. When you add a page or section border, Word adds 24-point margins measured from the edge of the page all the way around.

To set options that enable you to adjust spacing between borders and the content they enclose, display the Borders And Shading dialog box by clicking the arrow beside the Border button (in the Paragraph group on the Home tab) and then clicking Borders And ...