IBM Lotus Symphony


User Defined Borders in Text Documents

You can apply a variety of different cell borders to selected cells in a Lotus® Symphony™ Documents table and to the whole table. Other objects in Lotus Symphony Documentscan have user defined borders, too. For example, you can assign borders to page styles, to frames, and to inserted pictures or charts.

  1. Select the cell or a block of cells in a Lotus Symphony Documents table.

  2. Choose Table - Table properties.

  3. In the dialog, click the Borders tab.

  4. Choose the border options you want to apply and click OK.

The options in the Line arrangement area can be used to apply multiple border styles.

Selection of cells

Depending on the selection of cells, the area looks different.

Default settings

Click one of the Default icons to set or reset multiple borders.

Examples

Select a block of about 8x8 cells, then choose Layout - Cells - Borders.

Now you can continue to see which lines the other icons will set or remove.

User defined settings

In the User defined area, you can click to set or remove individual lines. The preview shows lines in three different states.

Examples

  1. Select a single cell in a Lotus Symphony Documents table, then choose Table - Table properties - Borders.

  2. Select a thick line style.

  3. To set a lower border, click the lower edge repeatedly until you see a thick line.

Note Icon All cells in a Lotus Symphony Documents table have at least a left and a lower line by default. Most cells on the table perimeter have more lines applied by default.
Warning Icon All lines that are shown in white in the preview will be removed from the cell.

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