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38 <topic id="textswriterguideborder_objectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
39 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Borders for Objects </title>
40 <filename>/text/swriter/guide/border_object.xhp</filename>
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43 <body>
44 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146957"><bookmark_value>objects; defining borders</bookmark_value>
45 <bookmark_value>borders; for objects</bookmark_value>
46 <bookmark_value>frames; around objects</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>charts;borders</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>pictures;borders</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark_value>OLE objects;borders</bookmark_value>
50 <bookmark_value>defining;object borders</bookmark_value>
51 </bookmark><comment>MW deleted "adding;"</comment>
52 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146957" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
53 oldref="17"><variable id="border_object"><link href="text/swriter/guide/border_object.xhp" name="Defining Borders for Objects">Defining Borders for Objects</link>
54 </variable></paragraph>
55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146797" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="1">In Writer, you can define borders around OLE objects, plug-ins, diagrams/charts, graphics and frames. The name of the menu to be used depends on the object selected.</paragraph>
56 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145673" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">To Set a Predefined Border Style</paragraph>
57 <list type="ordered">
58 <listitem>
59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155388" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">Select the object for which you want to define a border.</paragraph>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149578" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Click the <emph>Borders</emph> icon on the <emph>OLE-Object</emph> toolbar or <emph>Frame</emph> toolbar to open the <emph>Borders</emph> window. </paragraph>
63 </listitem>
64 <listitem>
65 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159176" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="6">Click one of the predefined border styles. This replaces the current border style of the object with the selected style.</paragraph>
66 </listitem>
67 </list>
68 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152474" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">To Set a Customized Border Style</paragraph>
69 <list type="ordered">
70 <listitem>
71 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153896" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
72 </listitem>
73 <listitem>
74 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156344" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - (object name) – Borders</item>.<br/>Replace (object name) with the actual name of the object type you selected.</paragraph>
75 </listitem>
76 <listitem>
77 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148797" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="11">In the <emph>User-defined</emph> area select the edge(s) that you want to appear in a common layout. Click on an edge in the preview to toggle the selection of an edge.</paragraph>
78 </listitem>
79 <listitem>
80 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152933" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select a line style and color for the selected border style in the <emph>Line</emph> area. These settings apply to all border lines that are included in the selected border style.</paragraph>
81 </listitem>
82 <listitem>
83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3125865" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
84 </listitem>
85 <listitem>
86 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150447" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Spacing to Contents</emph> area.</paragraph>
87 </listitem>
88 <listitem>
89 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154908" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="15">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
90 </listitem>
91 </list>
92 <section id="relatedtopics">
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95 <embed href="text/shared/guide/border_table.xhp#border_table"/>
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