If you haven’t yet created your Word document, open Word, click Blank document, and create the document as needed before proceeding.

Skip this step on a Mac.

On a Mac, click the Format menu item at the top of the screen instead.

On a Mac, you’ll find this option in the middle of the Format drop-down menu.

For example, if you want a simple border to go all the way around your text, you would click Box here.

If needed, you can also change the border’s color and width from the “Color” and “Width” drop-down menus, respectively.

If you haven’t yet created your Word document, open Word, click Blank document, and create the document as needed before proceeding.

If you want to apply the border to every page in the document, skip this step and the next one.

Click the Layout tab. Click Breaks in the “Page Setup” section. Click Next Page in the resulting drop-down menu.

For example, if you want a simple border to go all the way around your text, you would click Box here.

If needed, you can also change the border’s color and width from the “Color” and “Width” drop-down menus, respectively.

To apply the border to the first page of your section, for example, you’d click This section - first page only in the drop-down menu.