How can I put a colored border around the whole page?

Question

I just want to know how to pur a colored border around the whole page?

Answer 1

Hi Rachel,
Here's an example. Instructions follow the image:
Start with a new, Blank word processing document.
Insert a rectangle shape (the darker green is the default colour)
Change the colour to your desired border colour, using the Fill Color well in the format bar.
Set the Stroke to none, using the first popup menu on the Format bar. (I missed this step in the example, leaving the black line seen at the rigth edge of the pages.)
Drag the handles to resize to shape to cover the whole page.
Go to the View menu and choose Show Layout to see thae area that text will occupy.
Insert a second rectangle shape on the page.
Set its Fill colour to whatever bckground colour you want in the text area,
Set the Stroke to none.
Resize the second shape to fit just outside the text area indicated on the Layout.
Select both shapes, then go Arrange > Group.
Go Arrange > Move Object to Background.
Go Format > Advanced > Move Object to Section Master.
If either of:
Go Arrange > Make Background Objects Selectable
Go Format > Advanced > Make Maste Objects Selectable
have checkmarks beside them,
Select that item to uncheck it.
The frame will now appear on every page in the section.
Regards,
Barry