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Select the blank border style at the top left of the <emph>Borders</emph> window to clear all border styles.</paragraph> 52</listitem> 53</list> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153666" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Setting a Customized Border Style</paragraph> 55<list type="ordered"> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152472" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph> 58</listitem> 59<listitem> 60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147265" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Table - Table Properties - Borders</emph> (Writer) or <emph>Format - Cells - Borders</emph> (Calc).</paragraph> 61</listitem> 62<listitem> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159413" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">In the <emph>User-defined</emph> area select the edge(s) that you want to appear in a common layout. Click on an edge in the preview to toggle the selection of an edge.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id31594132" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">If you select more than one row or column, you can change the middle lines between rows or columns. Select the middle markers in the <emph>User-defined</emph> area.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153526" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="11">Select a line style and color for the selected border style in the <emph>Line</emph> area. These settings apply to all border lines that are included in the selected border style.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71<listitem> 72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145606" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph> 73</listitem> 74<listitem> 75<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156422" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Spacing to contents</emph> area.</paragraph> 76</listitem> 77<listitem> 78<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149807" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph> 79</listitem> 80</list> 81<section id="relatedtopics"> 82<switch select="appl"> 83<case select="WRITER"> 84<embed href="text/swriter/guide/border_object.xhp#border_object"/> 85<embed href="text/swriter/guide/border_page.xhp#border_page"/> 86</case> 87</switch> 88<embed href="text/shared/guide/border_paragraph.xhp#border_paragraph"/> 89</section> 90</body> 91</helpdocument> 92