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BAKzs‖User Defined Borders in Text Documents

wQZ94‖You can apply a variety of different cell borders to selected cells in a Writer table and to the whole table. Other objects in text documents can have user defined borders, too. For example, you can assign borders to page styles, to frames, and to inserted pictures or charts.

  1. EaGZG‖Select the cell or a block of cells in a Writer table.

  2. QTwPy‖Choose Table - Properties.

  3. a4UqX‖In the dialog, click the Borders tab.

  4. AHk8i‖Choose the border options you want to apply and click OK.

a83TF‖The options in the Line arrangement area can be used to apply multiple border styles.

G5BPF‖Selection of cells

SRBSp‖Depending on the selection of cells, the area looks different.

C4Bg8‖Selection

XtEFD‖Line arrangement area

X4dzC‖One cell selected in a table that has more than one cells, or cursor inside a table with no cell selected

iCZC6‖one cell border

B52Kk‖A one cell table, the cell is selected

FDEgX‖one selected cell border

EDDHP‖Cells in a column selected

JWrXN‖column selected border

gc2qK‖Cells in a row selected

XtCr8‖row selected border

QCYpF‖A whole table of 2x2 or more cells selected

f2e9b‖block selected border


bCueL‖Default settings

bgozF‖Click one of the Default icons to set or reset multiple borders.

V7EX7‖Examples

sHtLF‖Select a block of about 8x8 cells, then choose Table - Properties - Borders tab.

Ns8UB‖default icons for borders

trQmp‖Now you can continue to see which lines the other icons will set or remove.

aecDs‖User defined settings

675RR‖In the User defined area, you can click to set or remove individual lines. The preview shows lines in three different states.

9GbPD‖Repeatedly click an edge or a corner to switch through the three different states.

isXAX‖Line types

nry3D‖Image

AkCFA‖Meaning

DTK9k‖A black line

L5iWP‖solid line for border

GHiTG‖A black line sets the corresponding line of the selected cells. The line is shown as a dotted line when you choose the 0.05 pt line style. Double lines are shown when you select a double line style.

NwPMF‖A gray line

AKNXQ‖gray line for border

cCk6A‖A gray line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will not be changed. No line will be set or removed at this position.

YTvRi‖A white line

DT2Eq‖white line for border

Bnsdp‖A white line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will be removed.


jza6y‖Examples

  1. Wpxas‖Select a single cell in a Writer table, then choose Table - Properties - Borders.

  2. cDxQa‖Select a thick line style.

  3. JRjt2‖To set a lower border, click the lower edge repeatedly until you see a thick line.

f7F9C‖setting thick lower border

note

VXpDf‖All cells in a Writer table have at least a left and a lower line by default. Most cells on the table perimeter have more lines applied by default.


warning

yCQFF‖All lines that are shown in white in the preview will be removed from the cell.


Defining Borders for Characters

Defining Borders for Pages

Defining Borders for Paragraphs