- #MICROSOFT WORD 2016 FOR MAC TEXTBOX BORDERS HOW TO#
- #MICROSOFT WORD 2016 FOR MAC TEXTBOX BORDERS FULL#
This tip is how to insert and remove paragraph borders and shading. Sketchy lines can be combined with other effects like dashes to make a very different border from the straight-forward. You can use paragraph borders, but removing these borders isn't easy for somebody.
#MICROSOFT WORD 2016 FOR MAC TEXTBOX BORDERS FULL#
Mac users will appreciate the modernized Office experience and the integration of Mac capabilities like Full Screen view and Multi-Touch TM gestures. It works the way you expect, with the familiar ribbon interface and powerful task panes. It changes the straight lines into ragged ‘hand-drawn’ borders. If you already use Office on a PC or iPad, you will find yourself right at home in Office 2016 for Mac. window that appears got to the Layout tab and then click on the. double-click the border or go to Format > Text Box menu option. Sketchy lines are in Office 365 for Windows or Mac see Sketchy line option in Office for Windows and Mac Shape Format | Shape Outline | Sketched For a text box: click in the text box or on the border, then either. See Line Ends on Dashed Picture Borders in Word and PowerPoint and Sketchy or wriggly lines in Icons and SVG graphics Sketchy lines Click on More lines … to see the full range of options in the Format Shape | Shape Options pane.
Sketched – in Microsoft 365 only, see belowĭashes – a fly-out menu with just some of the border/line options. Like any Shape, text boxes have wide range of outline or border options available under Shape Format | Shape Outline. If you drag inwards all the way (towards the center of the shape) you get a stadium shape (rectangle lines with semi-circles at each end) also known as obround, sausage body or (this is true … ) discorectangle! Inserting A Outside Border To A Text Note: If you didn't add the border to the shape, text box, picture, or other object in Mac Office, you can't change or remove the border for the object. Click on the text box so the edge controls and rotate icon appear, look for the little orange dot at top left.Ĭlick and drag that to change the corners from square to very rounded by dragging in or out. Here’s how to add a line, pattern, or custom border to a text box, picture, and other objects in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel for Mac. The shape or ‘roundness’ of the corners isn’t fixed to what Microsoft inserts. This article gives you options for tweaking a rounded corner text box. Make a Word text box with rounded corners explains the basics of making the rectangular box into something with ‘soft’ corners. Change the corner angle or roundness even to a stadium shape. Some more tricks for improving or fixing rounded corner boxes in Office.