To change the line style of shapes and lines

Every shape and line that you draw is also a frame A shape used to hold text, pictures, graphics, PowerText or OLE objects.. You can edit them using the Frame Properties dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher..

  1. Select the shape or line you want to change the line style The attribute of frames, lines or shapes that specifies how the line or outline should be drawn. Line styles can be drawn with or without arrow-heads and in different colours and thicknesses. of.

  2. From the Frame menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., select Properties. The Frame Properties dialog box appears.

  3. Select the Border Styles tab.

  4. In the Style group box, select Lines.

  5. From the list box, select the line style you want.

  6. To change the width of the line style, select the units you want from the drop-down list box.

  7. Type the width in the Width box.

  8. To change the colour of the line style, select a colour from the drop-down palette A set of colours available to your Publisher documents. You can create more colours to add to the colour palette, or you can delete colours if you do not want to use them. When you save a document, the colour palette is saved as part of the document, with any changes that you have made. Each document can be saved with a different selection of colours in the palette..

  9. If you have an open path A straight or curved line consisting of one or more segments joined together at points. you can select an arrowhead for the start and end of your line from the Start and End drop-down list boxes.

  10. Click on the Close button in the top right-hand corner of the title bar The horizontal bar that contains the title of the window or dialog box. to close the dialog box and keep the changes made to the selected shape or line.

Note:

You can change the colour of the line style by right-clicking on the colour in the colour bar and selecting Frame Border from the shortcut menu that appears.

You can see the effect of your changes on the selected shape on the page.

If the Frame Properties dialog box obscures the shape you are editing, you can move it by dragging its title bar to a new location.

Tools:

Frame Properties Top BorderLeft BorderRight BorderBottom BorderAll Round Border

Border Category Border Styles