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# 6603 - Creating Page Borders Using Graphic Boxes in Headers
DocumentID: 9997
Revision Date: 27-Feb-97 10:05:59 AM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

You need to create a full-page border on multiple pages, but do not want to manually create a border on every page.

Answer:

Create a header, then create a graphics box in the header.

1. Press Home, Home, then Up Arrow to move the cursor to the top of the document.

2. Press Format (Shift+F8).

3. Choose Page (2), then choose Headers (3).

4. Choose Header A (1), then choose Every Page (2) to create a header that will appear on every page of your document.

You are now in the Header A editing screen.

5. Press Graphics (Alt+F9).

6. Choose Figure (1), then choose Options (4).

7. Choose Outside Border Space (2).

8. Type 0 and press Enter for all four Outside Border Space options. Changing these settings to 0 will allow the graphics box to be the largest possible size when it is created.

9. Press Exit (F7) to exit the Options: Figure screen.

Now you are ready to create the graphics box. You are back in the Header A editing screen.

10. Press Graphics (Alt+F9).

11. Choose Figure (1), then choose Create (1).

You are now in the Definition: Figure screen.

12. Choose Anchor Type (4), then choose Page (2).

13. Press Enter when you are prompted for the Number of pages to skip, because you want the border on every page.

14. Choose Vertical Position (5), then choose Set Position (5).

15. Type .5 and press Enter to offset the graphics box .5" from the top of each page.

16. Choose Horizontal Position (6) then choose Set Position (3).

17. Type .5 and press Enter to offset the graphics box .5" from the left of every page.

18. Choose Size (7), then choose Set Both (3).

19. Type 7.5 for the Width, then press Enter. Type for the Width; then type 10 and press Enter for the Height. WordPerfect may adjust these dimensions down to the largest sizes possible, such as 9.87" instead of 10", to accommodate your printer's minimum border allowance.

The sides of the box will now be one inch narrower and shorter than the sides of an 8.5" by 11" page. Because you set the Outside Border Space to 0, your border will be drawn on this perimeter.

20. Choose Wrap Text Around Box (8), then type N for No so the text in your document can be placed inside the border.

21. Press Exit (F7) three times to return to the document editing screen.

You can now create the body of your document.
To view the border you have created,

1. Press Print (Shift+F7), then choose View Document (6).


Details:

The Header feature of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS lets you repeat text or a graphic on multiple pages of your document. When you create a graphics box for a figure, WordPerfect places a line around the box. You can customize this line so it will serve as a border for the whole page. Using a header with a graphics box provides a border on every page of your document.

See Also
Graphics, Create in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS reference manual
Headers and Footers in the WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS reference manual


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