Add a Page Border in Microsoft Word
Curriculum Areas: Language arts/math/social studies/science
Grade Level: 2 and up
Application: Microsoft Word 2000 and 2001
Description: Some assignments where page borders work nicely are around a poem, a short story, a report cover, and a sign or poster.
How to:
1. | Have your students write a poem or a short story. With the Word document visible, choose Format, Borders and Shading. The following dialog box appears: 
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2. | Click on the Page Border tab at the top of the dialog box (see picture above). |
3. | Click on the drop-down triangle within the Art section to see the pop-up border choices. |
4. | Select a border to use around the page(s) of your document (notice the Preview section). |
5. | Increase or decrease the Width (thickness) of the border (in points). |
6. | If you are using a single and solid color border, you can even select your own color for this border from the Color section. For example, change an orange pumpkin to black or green? |
7. | Click OK when done. |
8. | Scroll around the page to see the outer edges where the border appears. Try viewing the entire page by selecting Whole Page from the Zoom control box in the right corner of the Standard toolbar. |
Helpful Hint: If your printer complains that the border might get cut off when printed, you might need to click the Options button from the Borders and Shading section to control the distance between the border, the edge of the page, and the text. Try controlling the border so it is measured from the text as opposed to the edge of the page. The closer the border is to the text, the further away it will be from the edge of the page. As a result, the border won't get cut off when the page is printed.
