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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Borders for Pages</title>
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      <bookmark_value>borders; for pages</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148473" role="warning">In Writer, you define borders for <emph>page styles</emph>, not individual pages. All changes made to borders apply to all pages that use the same page style. Note that page style changes cannot be undone by the Undo function in $[officename].</paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3150503">To Set a Predefined Border Style</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148491" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Page Style - Borders</emph>.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150771" role="listitem">Select one of the default border styles in the <emph>Default</emph> area.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154046" role="listitem">Select a line style, width 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>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152472" role="listitem">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Padding</emph> area. You can only change distances to edges that have a border line defined.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156023" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
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      <h2 id="hd_id3145068">To Set a Customized Border Style</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148663" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Page Style - Borders</emph>.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150541" role="listitem">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>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159149" role="listitem">Select a line style, width 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>
         </listitem>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156282" role="listitem">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151041" role="listitem">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Padding</emph> area. You can only change distances to edges that have a border line defined.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145606" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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