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Related pages -
To create a line border around the
edges of the page, see LineBorders.
To create a border made up of words
strung together around the edges of the page, see TextBord.
To create a graphical page border with repeating
graphic images (clipart, photos, etc.) using Corel
Presentations, click here.
Adding emphasis
to text: how to create custom paragraph / page border or fill
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Purpose
This macro creates a solid background page
fill with your choice of color, outside the page margins,
on the current page or from the current page forward, according
to the specifications of the user (see Modifications below).
Screen
shot of a sample page after playing the macro.
WordPerfect's own Format, Page, Border/Fill
does not extend very far beyond page margins (and can vary with
changes in margins), whereas this macro can place a filled text
box as near the edges of the paper as desired (and that the printer
can print).
The background fill is created using a text
box inside a watermark, so it will show up without interfering
with the main document's text, in the user's desired dimensions,
and without being impacted by any page margin changes in the
document. See Tips and Cautions below.
Note that if you choose the option to place
the background on the current page only, a [Delay: 1] page
code is also added to discontinue the watermark on the next page
(if there is a next page). So if you wish to delete the [Watermark]
code you should delete the associated [Delay] code.
For more on headers, footer, and watermarks
and how to start, stop, suppress, change, replace, delay, overlay,
and remove them: http://wptoolbox.com/tips/HeadFootWM.html.
Modifications
See the redlined User Modification Area in the
macro's code (just open the macro like any WordPerfect document
to view or edit it). You can specify -
- the watermark to use (WatermarkB is the default,
but see Caution below if you use Legal Pleadings);
- where to place the watermark (current page
only or current and following pages);
- the space around the perimeter of the border
(spacing for each of the four borders can be set independently);
- the color and shade of the box fill; and
- the type and color of an optional border.
Tips and cautions
- Even though you can use Edit, Undo (or Ctrl+z)
to remove the effects of the macro, it is wise to make a backup
of the document before playing the macro.
- Optional: You can search and remove one or
more existing [Watermark] codes using the Find and Replace, Match,
Codes feature. This works in any WordPerfect document. This might
be useful to clean up the document before playing the macro (which
uses Watermark B by default) or if you played the macro multiple
times (see next sections). You will also want to remove any associated
[Delay] codes that discontinue the watermark on the next page.
- To make it easy to use, you can assign this
macro to a menu, toolbar, or keystroke shortcut: http://wptoolbox.com/tips/EasyPlay.html.
You can also turn off the display of the macro's menu with a
setting in the User Modification Area; this might be useful if
you always use the same watermark, border spacing, etc., and
prefer to use the macro without seeing a menu.
- You can also make several copies of this
macro with different borders set in the User Modification Area.
- If you chose to place the watermark on multiple
pages, you can manually stop the borders from continuing on any
page by placing your cursor at the top of that page and using
Insert, Watermark, [choose A or B, whichever was used for the
text box], Discontinue. This is the method the macro uses
if you chose the "current page only" option.
- Using the same watermark type (A or B) on
a page will supersede any previous one of the same type (A or
B) from that point forward. (For more on headers, footer, and
watermarks and how to start, stop, suppress, change, replace,
delay, overlay, and remove them: http://wptoolbox.com/tips/HeadFootWM.html)
- The macro can even be used to create a small
empty box to use for stamps, initials, etc. Just set the outside
spaces to larger sizes in the User Modification Area or the optional
pop up menu. If you then edit the watermark you can add text
to the box. (Better yet, see the EdgeText macro here: http://wptoolbox.com/library/EdgeText.html.)
- To create a border in a matching or contrasting
color, see the options in the User Modification Area of the macro's
code.
- If you play the macro with the variable vCurrentPgOnly=1
(located in the User Modification Area)—i.e., it is set
to add a box just on the current page—and you play it multiple
times on various subsequent pages, the macro will place several
[Watermark] codes throughout the document on those pages.
- This is generally not a problem since it
is the same watermark in all cases (unless you modify the macro's
code to adjust the borders for various pages), but remember:
Inserting a watermark, header, or footer of the same type (A
or B) supersedes the same type of item from that page forward.
So if you have other special watermarks in the document, be sure
to test the effects of the macro by viewing all pages in that
document. (Make a backup of the document before playing the macro.)
- But it might make for a "cleaner"
document (in terms of fewer extra codes in the document or fewer
"misplaced" codes due to editing the document) if you
wait until the final draft to play the macro to play it (usually
once, but you can reset the border between multiple plays for
special effects).
- Legal pleadings are created using Watermark B. Hence, if you use
them you should use Watermark A for this macro. (See the User
Modification Area to set the default.)
- In lieu of using this macro: There is a free online Gradient
Image Generator that can quickly create a horizontal or vertical
gradient fill in your chosen colors. Save the image
to your hard drive, then create a Watermark (see here)
and insert the image into the watermark with Insert, Graphics/Pictures,
From File. Then re-size it to fit the page. Right-click on the
image to bring up WordPerfect's Image Tools. You can then flip
the image, change the brightness, etc. Here is a screenshot
of a sample (in WordPerfect the image actually extends to the
right side).
- In lieu of using this macro: You can create a custom horizontal or vertical gradient
fill. See Adding emphasis to
text: how to create custom paragraph / page border or fill styles.
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