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Applying Paragraph Borders and Shading

Drag the pointer to select the paragraph(s) to which you want to apply borders or shading.
On the Home tab, click Paragraph, and then click Borders and Shading.
In each of the Distance from text boxes, type or select the distance from text for each side of the text.
In each of the Thickness boxes, type or select a line thickness for each side of the text.
If desired, set a color to shade the paragraph.
If your paragraph is indented, select whether to extend the boundaries of the shading to the margins.
Click OK.

Notes

Borders and shading may also be applied to the boundaries of cells or to an entire page.

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