Microsoft Word Borders & Shading?

Question

I'm using an old version of Word--2002. I'm trying to put a selection of text in a simple border. But whether I select "text" or "paragraph" Word insists on putting each paragraph in its own box. I can't seem to put the whole selection in just one box. I've tried every possible choice. Any help? Or is this just not possible in Word 2002?

Answer 1

It just worked for me. Here's what I did:

1. Selected all the paragraphs I wanted bordered.

2. Clicked the Format->Borders and Shading menu item.

3. Clicked the Box setting.

4. Clicked OK.

If each paragraph is getting its own box, I suspect you may be changing that paragraph style to have a border rather than bordering the entire selection, as I did above.  Changing the style would propagate to all instances of the style in the document.

Hope that helps.