#### 7.6.8 Assigning border properties to paragraph formats

To provide a border around output text, assign one or more border properties to the paragraph format of the text, and assign the name of a border format component to each property. Table 7-4 lists the border properties you can assign to a paragraph format.

Table 7-4 Border properties for paragraph formats

Border property | Position relative to text
    border top
| Above the paragraph
    border bottom
| Below the paragraph
    border left
| To the left of the paragraph
    border right
| To the right of the paragraph
    border outer
| (RTF only) Toward the outer edge (like change bars)
    border box
| (RTF only) All the way around a paragraph
    border between
| (RTF only) Where multiple paragraphs have borders; by default, there are no borders between adjacent bordered paragraphs, unless you specify this border format for those paragraphs

Each border property setting specifies the name of a border format component to use for that property for that paragraph format; for example:

    [StandOutPara]
    border box = HeavyBorder

Border format components are defined in Subformats configuration files; see §8.2 Defining border format components.

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Parent Topic: 7.6 Configuring text output formats

Sibling Topics:

7.6.1 Naming and defining text formats

7.6.2 Specifying default properties for character formats

7.6.3 Specifying default properties for paragraph formats

7.6.4 Understanding based vs. inline properties for paragraph formats

7.6.5 Specifying inline properties for paragraph and character formats

7.6.6 Specifying block properties for paragraph formats

7.6.7 Configuring list formats

7.6.9 Configuring character formats for HTML links

7.6.10 Specifying tab positions for RTF paragraph styles