Linda, A footer and header are exactly those - at the head and at the foot of the page - what about the left and right sides of the page - assuming you want a border all around the page on all 4 sides. Hope that cleared it up. Had not thought of trying publisher - now that is a thought - thanks to whomever mentioned that one. TTFN - Vic Linda F. Johnson wrote: >Not sure what you mean about the edges problem, left and right, Vic. What >problem are you having exactly? > > >Linda >Linda's Computer Stop >http://personal-computer-tutor.com >ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials >*all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like >it came from me, it did NOT! > >-----Original Message----- >From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of Victor Firestone >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:06 PM >To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [mso] Re: Custom borders in Word > >Thanks to all that replied one way or another. > >My way of thinking is maybe a script of some sort besides the obvious of >creating a pic and using it as a footer/header which actually doesn't >solve the edges problem [left and right] > >Format-->Borders and Shading-->Custom--> is okay but you still cannot >choose a clipart or whatever to use as the picture or form for a border >- only what is pre-built into word. > >TTFN - Vic > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************