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Word 2007 Practice: Using Borders with Headings

A quick way to add a little graphic enhancement to a heading (or title) in a document is to add a bottom border to it.

As with all Word projects, it will work best if you type up your text first, and then apply any formatting (like borders).

Creating the Practice Word Document

For this practice, you’ll create a practice document. There will be a heading 1, paragraph 1, heading 2, paragraph 2, heading 3, paragraph 3.

1. Type in the first heading on the first line – First Heading would work. Enter to finish.
2. Generate 3 paragraphs of text. Type =rand(3,4) then push enter. That will give you 3 paragraphs, 4 sentences each.
3. Move your cursor to the very beginning of paragraph 2, type in a heading (Second Heading) and enter.
4. Move your cursor to the very beginning of paragraph 3, type in a heading (Third Heading) and enter.
5. Push Ctrl + A (select all) and in the Home tab, Styles group, click Change Styles, then Style Set, then Word 2007. That will add space between the headings and paragraphs.

Adding the Borders

1. Move your cursor to anywhere in the First Heading line.(Because Borders are paragraph formatting, you technically don’t need to select the paragraph, just have the cursor in it.)



2. In the Home tab, Paragraph group, click the down-arrow on the Borders button, then click Bottom Border. A bottom border should now be applied to the first heading.
3. Click anywhere in the Second Heading line, click the Border button (It remembers the last border used, so Bottom Border should show that on the button.).
4. Click anywhere in the Third Heading line, click the Border button.

Changing the Border

• To change all the borders, start with your cursor in one of the headings. In the Home tab, Editing group click Select, Select Text with Similar Formatting. That should select all the text with borders.
• If you want to change the line style, click the Borders button, then click Borders and Shading.
• Open the Borders and Shading box, make sure you are in the Borders tab. You can change the line in the Style box, or choose a different Color, or adjust the line Width. Make sure you identify where the new line is going to go by clicking on it (or using the buttons) in the Preview area, or any changes you choose won’t be applied
• If you don’t want the border to go all the way to either the left or right margins, you can use the indent markers on the ruler to change the length.
• The Horizontal line button will let you insert an actual graphic as a line or border.

Removing Borders

Have your cursor in the paragraph with the border, click the Border button, then click No Border.

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