Putting a border around text in Microsoft Word is a great way to highlight content, similar to text boxes. The Microsoft program allows us to add a completely personalized border to a text or even a paragraph, and in this article we are going to see how to achieve it step by step..
Put a border around text
First we are going to select the text we want to surround, then we go to the “Home” tab. Next, we will click on the drop-down arrow next to Borders and we will have to choose “Borders and shading”.
Now we'll need to use the Settings option on the left or the buttons below Preview on the right to add the border around the text. You can also adjust the Style, Color and Width settings in the center of the window to customize the border line as much as possible..
In the Apply drop-down text box, which is on the right side, we will have to select "Text", to finish, it only remains to click on "OK" to be able to apply the border.
As you can see, we are going to see the text outlined with a border as a result..
How to put a border around a paragraph
It is also possible to add a border to an entire paragraph , the process is very similar. However, it does have some options to customize extras that are very interesting.
First select the paragraph that we want to surround with the border and we will have to go to the “Home” tab. Click on the Borders drop-down arrow and select one of the quick border options like Outer Borders or All Borders.
This will put the border around the paragraph from margin to margin on each side, it's a great option to add a border quickly. Although we can also customize this border and adjust the spaces.
Let's select the paragraph and click the dropdown arrow next to Borders on the Home tab and choose “Borders and Shading”. Here we can go to “Options” if we want to further customize the border.
Here we will also be able to change the style, color and width of the line. Once we finish applying all the changes, we simply click "OK".
How to remove a border from text in Word
If you regret adding a border to text, it can be removed too easily. We will have to click on the text or paragraph that contains the border and we will return to the “start” tab. We click on the drop-down arrow next to Borders and this time we choose “No border”.
