How to Put a Border Around Text in a Microsoft Word Document

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1. Launch Microsoft Word and open the document of your choice. Click the “Home” tab on the Command Ribbon.
2. Click and drag where you want to insert the border. For example, select a single word or several lines of text.
3. Click the down arrow for the Borders button in the “Paragraph” group. This button has an icon that looks like a grid. A list of border options appears, such as All Borders, Left Border and Outside Borders.
4. Click the Outside Borders option. A border appears around the selected text.
5. Edit the border. Click the border button in the “Paragraph” group. This button displays the last command that you selected.
6. Click the “Borders and Shading” option. A window for “Borders and Shading” appears.
7. Click the preferred border commands, such as "Setting," "Style," "Width" or "Clip Art." The “Preview” box displays the effects.
8. Click “OK.”
Page Border
9. Click the “Page Layout” tab in the Command Ribbon.
10. Click the “Page Borders” button. The “Borders and Shading” window appears.
11. Click the “Page Border” tab. A list of settings and styles appears.
12. Click on "Settings," "Style," "Color," "Width" or "Clip Art" to alter the border.
13. Click the down-arrow for the “Apply To” text box to select the border’s range. Options include a border around the entire document, or around first page only.
14. Click the “Options” button. A window for “Border and Shading Options” appears with a list of margin controls.
15. Click the preferred values for the margins. For example, insert different values for the left and right margins for an asymmetrical border.
16. Click “OK.” The selected area formats.
17. Click the “Shading” tab if you want to add a fill color behind the text. Select a color thumbnail from a color chart in the “Fill” section.
18. Click “OK.”