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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Borders for Objects </title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146957"><bookmark_value>objects; defining borders</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>borders; for objects</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>frames; around objects</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>charts;borders</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>pictures;borders</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>OLE objects;borders</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>defining;object borders</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3146957"><variable id="border_object"><link href="text/swriter/guide/border_object.xhp" name="Defining Borders for Objects">Defining Borders for Objects</link>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146797" role="paragraph">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>
      <h2 id="hd_id3145673">To Set a Predefined Border Style</h2>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155388" role="listitem">Select the object for which you want to define a border.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149578" role="listitem">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>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159176" role="listitem">Click one of the predefined border styles. This replaces the current border style of the object with the selected style.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <h2 id="hd_id3152474">To Set a Customized Border Style</h2>
      <list type="ordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153896" role="listitem">Select the object for which you want to define a border.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156344" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">Format - (object name) – Borders</item>.<br/>Replace (object name) with the actual name of the object type you selected.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148797" 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_id3152933" 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>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3125865" role="listitem">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150447" role="listitem">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Padding</emph> area.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154908" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
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         <embed href="text/shared/guide/border_paragraph.xhp#border_paragraph"/>
         <embed href="text/shared/guide/border_table.xhp#border_table"/>
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