Boarder and shading

Border

In computer terms, a border can mean several things. One is a visual border in a document, sometimes a solid line, dotted or dashed line, or one made up of various objects, like flowers, baseballs, animals or virtually any other object. These borders can be used to represent the outer edge of a document or to separate sections within a document from each other. Below are some other example of how borders are used on computers.

How to create a page border in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word gives you hundreds of page border options that allows you to surround a page with a clean or fancy border. Follow the steps below to insert a border in your Microsoft Word document.

1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. Click on the Page Layout tab.
   Note: In Word 2013, click on the Design tab instead.
3. On the Page Layout tab, select Page Borders.
4. On the Page Border tab in the Borders and Shading Window (shown below), select Box if you want a square border around your page.
5. Select the Style of border you want on the page, which can be solid, dotted, or dashed. If you want to select artwork to use as the border, click the down arrow on Art. In the example below, we're using the hearts art as a border.

Tip: By default, the borders are applied to the whole document, which means every page has the same border. Clicking the down arrow on Apply to gives you the option to select the first page only, selected page, all pages but the first page, and other options.

6. Once you've selected all the border options you want to use in your document, click the Ok button to apply the border.

Shading

In computer graphics, shading is a method used to create or enhance the illusion of depth in an image by varying the amount of darkness in the image. As you can see, three levels of shading are used in the example of a rectangular object, thus making it appear to be three dimensional. Shading can also be used to make some objects appear to be in front of or behind other objects in the image.

Note: Graphic editing software can be used to add shading to a digital image.

Also see: Digital image, Drop shadow, Shadow, Software terms