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Related pages -
To create a background fill that extends outside
page margins, see BackgroundFill.
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,
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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).
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 fixed border
on all pages as near the edges of the paper as desired (and that
the printer can print).
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 page margin changes in the document. See
Tips and Cautions below.
Note that if you choose the option to place
the border 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 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 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 fill for the text box
or a different color for the borders, double click the new [Watermark]
code after the macro plays, then double click on the [Box] code
in Reveal Codes. 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.
- If you play the macro with the variable vCurrentPgOnly:=1
(located in the User Modification Area)—i.e., it is set
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 fill or use different text), 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.)
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