How to create your own custom border in Word

Learn how to create and apply a custom border in Microsoft Word.

Creating your own custom border can be done by using a saved image on your computer and placing it into the Word document.

The border can be adjusted to fit the page and be as transparent as you want, preferably it is advised that the image should be placed behind text as to not interfere with your text.

To create the effect of this border we will be utilizing the watermark and header tools in Microsoft Word.

[FigureAssist]

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[calvinjordaniii]

Thanks for this upload. Very helpful. I only needed to watch the first 42 seconds of your video to get the job done.

[vvvmontanez]

You can also use header and footer ;) you can freely adjust the image border you used anywhere you want

[ianr]

brilliant thank you. I had been messing around for ages trying to sort this before i saw this.

[markbaigrie]

How would you create a border if you wanted to create a zine?

[skmirajulislam]

Many many thanks, the video is very helpful

[M-nl]

I finally figured out how to get the dark watermark. Click on the watermark. Then click ctrl + C this will make a copy of the watermark. Press delete on the highlight watermark and the watermark will disappear. Now, close the header by clicking on it twice. Then press ctrl + v to paste the dark watermark on the page.

[MortalMirror]

What if I only want the watermark on one page?

[LvWalk]

This was a great help and I was able to insert a border around my announcement. Would've been nicer to be a bit larger to see, but I could still see and voila! Thanks for posting this!

[kawthertaqi]

what if i want to add different border in some pages .. with this teq

[meghankittok]

Thank you thank you thank you!! I wish I had found this before I spent 3 days working on a 10 page custom catalog only to find out it doesn’t send properly. I appreciate this so much! Now I won’t got to bed angry 😂

[ausaskar]

Cheers this was exactly what I was looking for, the default borders are garbage.

[pranaykumarchinnabathini]

In Windows 2007 for thicker ctrl+c is not working... can u help me out

[rosestinson]

It would be nice if there was sound to direct what you are clicking on. It's too small to see what is being done.

[luckwagon]

Is there a way to make the watermark darker?

[claytonbaker]

Nice video, but it definitely would’ve been helpful to have some verbal instructions as well!

[rosestinson]

Unfortunately, this was too small to see what was being done and there is no audio directions to help.

[jenc]

There is no sound, just birds chirping.

[sherrynicholson]

Verbal directions would have been helpful. I can't see what you are clicking on, so I will look for a more informative tutorial.