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Create a new blank page
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Right click on the page and choose
Page Properties
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Click on the Background tab
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Under Colors click on the dropdown
box beside background: (see graphic at right)
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Choose the color you wish your page
to be and click OK
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Click on the Margins tab
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Check
Specify Top Margin and enter 0 then check.Specify Left Margin and enter 0 then
click the OK button.
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Go to the File menu and click Table
then Insert then table.
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You want three columns and one row,
width 100%, 0 on the borders then click OK
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Right click inside the left column
and choose cell properties.
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Under
Background check Use Background Picture (see graphic on right)
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Click on the Browse button and find
the graphic you want to use as the left border then click Open
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You now want to resize the column to fit the border of your graphic.
To do this check off Specify Width and enter a number just slightly
wider than your graphic.
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Click OK
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Right click inside the right column
and choose cell properties.
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Repeat steps 11-13 using the graphic
you created for the right border.
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Click OK
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This usually alters the rest of your
information on width of your table so you then want to right click
anywhere inside the table and choose Table Properties and check Specify
Width and make it 100 then make sure you have in percent checked)
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Now right click in the middle column
and choose cell properties and uncheck Specify Width and click OK.
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You are now ready to add your text
and graphics to your page. You will enter all graphics and text into the
middle column of your table. Remember for this page you made the top
margin to be at 0 so before entering any graphics or text you will want
to hit the enter key on your keyboard to leave a space between the top
of the page and the beginning of your page content.
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Once you have saved your page and
uploaded to the internet you should have both a left and right
border with all text and graphics to in the middle of the page.
