Striped Red Page Borders

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Mi Tasol

For emergency procedures pages I need to put a red striped border 6mm
wide all around the page and cannot find how to do this in word
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Mi Tasol
 
For emergency procedures pages I need to put a red striped border 6mm
wide all around the page and cannot find how to do this in word
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Mi Tasol
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Word's "page border" feature can't do that -- the thickest line it can
make is 6 pt or a little more than 2.1 mm. You'll have to fake it.

First separate the emergency pages from any other pages by inserting a
section break before (and, if not at the end of the document, after)
those pages.

Open the header pane in the emergency pages. If this is Word 2003 or
earlier, the Header & Footer toolbar appears; if it's Word 2007, the
Header & Footer Tools tab of the ribbon appears.

On the toolbar or ribbon, click the Link to Previous button to
disconnect this section's header from that of the preceding section.
If there is a following non-emergency section, unlink that section's
header also.

With the cursor in the header of the emergency pages section, draw a
rectangle around the entire page -- in Word 2003 use the rectangle
AutoShape from the Drawing toolbar, or in Word 2007 use the rectangle
shape from the Insert ribbon's Shapes button.

Right-click the rectangle and choose Format AutoShape. On the Colors &
Lines tab, in the Line section, select the red color and type 6 mm in
the Weight box.

If necessary, drag the edges of the rectangle to the proper size and
position. Close the header pane and save the document.
 
I think you missed the "striped" part. In addition to the color, a pattern
will be needed (I'm guessing one of the diagonal patterns).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
I think you missed the "striped" part. In addition to the color, a pattern
will be needed (I'm guessing one of the diagonal patterns).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
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Thanks Jay and Suzanne

Firstly - sorry I forgot to say Word 2003

Jays suggestion works fine tho only page by page for some reason even
tho "same as previous" is on (and the whole procedure is a stand alone
document) but I cannot find the patterns option that Suzanne adds is
needed to complete the trick so I beg forgiveness for being slow today
and ask where I can find that

Regards

Mi Tasol
 
Mi said:
Thanks Jay and Suzanne

Firstly - sorry I forgot to say Word 2003

Jays suggestion works fine tho only page by page for some reason even
tho "same as previous" is on (and the whole procedure is a stand alone
document) but I cannot find the patterns option that Suzanne adds is
needed to complete the trick so I beg forgiveness for being slow today
and ask where I can find that

Regards

Mi Tasol
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Admittedly it is well hidden... In the Format AutoShape dialog, click the
line color dropdown and choose Patterned Lines at the bottom to open another
dialog. Choose a pattern such as "wide upward diagonal" (the third one in
the bottom row) and set the foreground color to red. Click OK to get back to
the Format AutoShape dialog, set the width to 6 mm, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Mi said:
Jays suggestion works fine tho only page by page for some reason even
tho "same as previous" is on (and the whole procedure is a stand alone
document) but I cannot find the patterns option that Suzanne adds is
needed to complete the trick so I beg forgiveness for being slow today
and ask where I can find that

Regards

Mi Tasol
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One more thing, regarding the "only page by page": The cursor has to start
*in the header* before you draw the rectangle, so it will repeat on every
page in the same way that a textual header does. Read
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm for an explanation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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all may benefit.
 
One more thing, regarding the "only page by page": The cursor has to start
*in the header* before you draw the rectangle, so it will repeat on every
page in the same way that a textual header does. Readhttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htmfor an explanation.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ:http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.
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Thank you true for a great effort
That almost got it (the lines are too narrow unfortunately) so I guess
I will have to send it out to a print shop or something - and they are
rarer than rocking horse droppings in Papua New Guinea.
Regards
Mi Tasol
 
I was having this same problem and this worked except for one problem. The color I need is fine in the format autoshape view mode, but when i close the header down, it mutes to a lighter color than what I need.

I need it to stay the color that it is showing while in header view mode.:cry:
 
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