Border around characters 1

[Markus4]

Hi all,

until today I've never asked a question in this forum. So please excuse if my searches weren't thorough enough. My problem:

For the last ten years I've always been using Word97 because of it's superiour spell-checking of my native language compared to the latter versions. But sometimes I use other computers with other software.

Recently, I wanted to assign borders to a character style in Word 2002 (10.6866.6867, SP3). But the option was greyed out. Manually assign borders to selected text worked fine, however.

I just pondered: when I can put borders around a part of the text of a paragraph in Word, why can't I "save" this in a character style in Word versions higher than 97?

Any help is appreciated.

Markus
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[fumei]

why can't I "save" this in a character style in Word versions higher than 97?:"

What makes you think that you can not? I just did it in 2002.

1. select some text.
2. it is best if no terminal spaces are included
3. Format > Borders and Shading
4. select Box (say...)

This now shows up in the Styles and Formatting Task Pane as something like:

Border:Single line, Auto, 0...yadda blah

Now click the wee arrow beside the style, and Modify. Give it the name BorderChar (or whatever).

Voila! A Character style, named BorderChar. It can be used like any other character style.

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