7.6.8 Assigning border properties to paragraph formats

To provide a border around output text, assign one or more border properties to the paragraph format of the text, and assign the name of a border format component to each property. Table 7-4 lists the border properties you can assign to a paragraph format.

Table 7-4 Border properties for paragraph formats

Border property

Position relative to text

border top

Above the paragraph

border bottom

Below the paragraph

border left

To the left of the paragraph

border right

To the right of the paragraph

border outer

(RTF only) Toward the outer edge (like change bars)

border box

(RTF only) All the way around a paragraph

border between

(RTF only) Where multiple paragraphs have borders; by default, there are no borders between adjacent bordered paragraphs, unless you specify this border format for those paragraphs

Each border property setting specifies the name of a border format component to use for that property for that paragraph format; for example:

[StandOutPara]
border box = HeavyBorder

Border format components are defined in Subformats configuration files; see §8.2 Defining border format components.

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Sibling Topics:

7.6.1 Naming and defining text formats

7.6.2 Specifying default properties for character formats

7.6.3 Specifying default properties for paragraph formats

7.6.4 Understanding based vs. inline properties for paragraph formats

7.6.5 Specifying inline properties for paragraph and character formats

7.6.6 Specifying block properties for paragraph formats

7.6.7 Configuring list formats

7.6.9 Configuring character formats for HTML links

7.6.10 Specifying tab positions for RTF paragraph styles