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  <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147008">Setting a Predefined Border Style</h2>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146957" role="listitem">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156346" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Borders</emph> icon on the <emph>Table </emph>toolbar (Writer) or on the <emph>Line and Filling</emph> bar to open the <emph>Borders</emph> window.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3143270" role="listitem">Click one of the predefined border styles.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156156" role="listitem">This <emph>adds</emph> the selected style to the current border style of the table cells. Select the blank border style at the top left of the <emph>Borders</emph> window to clear all border styles.</paragraph>
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  <h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153666">Setting a Customized Border Style</h2>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152472" role="listitem">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147265" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Table - Properties - Borders</emph> (Writer) or <emph>Format - Cells - Borders</emph> (Calc).</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159413" 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>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id31594132" role="listitem">If you select more than one row or column, you can change the middle lines between rows or columns. Select the middle markers in the <emph>User-defined</emph> area.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153526" role="listitem">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>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145606" role="listitem">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156422" role="listitem">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Padding</emph> area.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149807" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
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