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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
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Purpose
This macro creates a line border (default
is a single line, but it can be double, dashed, thick, etc.)
outside the page margins or at any other specified location,
around the perimeter of all pages (or just pages from the current
page forward), according to the specifications of the user (see
Modifications below).
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 fixed border
on all pages as near the edges of the paper as desired (and that
the printer can print).
Screen shot
of a sample page after playing the macro.
Method
The line border is created using a text box
inside a watermark, so it will show up on the current and subsequent
pages and in the user's desired dimensions without being impacted
by any margin changes in the document. See Tips and Cautions
below.
(For more on headers, footer, and watermarks
and how to start, stop, suppress, change, replace, delay, overlay,
and remove them, see here.)
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 start the watermark (top of document
or current page);
- the space around the perimeter of the border
(spacing for each of the four border lines can be set independently);
- the type of border (a single solid line is
the default); and
- you can also add a short phrase to the bottom
of the box in a smaller, shaded font.
Tips
- To make it easy to use, you can assign
this macro to a menu, toolbar, or keystroke shortcut. New
in v1.01: 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.
- Option: 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 section).
- You can stop the borders from continuing
on any page by placing your cursor at the top of a page and using
Insert, Watermark, [choose A or B, whichever was used for the
text box], Discontinue. Or, using the same watermark type (A
or B) on a page will replace the previous one from that point
forward. (For more on headers, footers, and watermarks and how
to start, stop, suppress, change, replace, delay, overlay, and
remove them, see here.)
- To create a fill for the box or a different
color for the borders, double click the [Watermark] code, then
double click the [Box] code. This should display an Edit Text
dialog with a Fill and Border option. (When done. click outside
the box to de-select it.) This is also an easy way to change
the border style.
Cautions
- If you play the macro with the variable vStartPage:=0
(located in the User Modification Area) -- i.e., it is set to
start on the current page -- and you play it multiple times on
variaous 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), but remember: Inserting a watermark,
header, or footer of the same type (A or B) replaces the same
type item from that page forward. So if you have special watermarks
in the document, be sure to test the effects of the macro on
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) if you
either (1) play the macro on the same page of the current document
each time you use it, or (2) 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.)
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