Lesson 12
Top Borders
As you can see, this page and most of the other pages on
this site have both a top border and a side border. This is done by using
tables. There are other ways to create the same effect but right now we will
only deal with creating a top border using tables.
You will first need to find or create the graphic you
wish to use for your border. Once you have chosen your graphic if it has a
background color (not transparent) you will want to find out the background
color as this would be the color you would most likely use for your page
background. If it is transparent you can use any color for the page. You
will also need the height of the graphic so you will know what height to
make the top row of your table. The graphic I will be using for this lesson
is 217 pixels high. Once you have this information you can follow the
directions below:
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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 (remember if you graphic has a colored background you
most likely will want to match the color here)
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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 one column and two rows,
width 100%, 0 on the borders then click OK
Right click inside the top row
and choose cell properties.
 Under
Background check Use Background Picture (see graphic on right)
Click on the Browse button and find
the graphic you want to use as the left border then click Open
You now want to resize the row to fit the border of your graphic.
To do this check off Specify height and enter the height of your graphic.
Click OK
You are now ready to create the rest
of your page in the bottom row of your table.
See the sample page I created
here.
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