What to Know
- Add border: Select Design tab > highlight text > Page Borders > Borders tab. Assign style, color and width.
- Remove border: Position cursor in bordered text > Design > Page Borders > Borders. Under Setting, choose None.
This article explains how to add and remove a text border in Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.
Apply a Text Border
There are many ways to call attention to your important ideas in a Word document, including bulleted or numbered lists, different typefaces, and section headers. Another is text borders. If you do insert a text border, you may later decide your document looks better without it. If that's the case, you can easily remove it.
Placing a border around a section of text in a Word doc takes just seconds.
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Open your document. On the ribbon, select Design.
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Highlight the text you want to put the border around.
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In the Page Background group, select Page Borders.
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In the Borders and Shading dialog box, select the Borders tab.
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Choose a style, color, and width for the border.
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Select OK.
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The border surrounds the text you initially chose.
Remove a Text Border
If you later decide to remove the border, here's how to do it.
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Place the cursor anywhere within the bordered text. On the Design tab, in the Page Background group, select Page Borders.
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In the Borders and Shading dialog box, select Borders.
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Under Setting, select None.
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Select OK.
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The border is removed from the document.