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A border will appear around the text.Īdjust text box size (optional). Adjust the width, style, color, background color, and spacing between the border and text using the drop-down menu to the right of each title.Ĭlick Apply. Each cell here corresponds to a different line in the border, so you need to enable all of them for the text box to have all four sides.Ĭustomize border (optional). The 'Borders and shading' window will pop up with many border tweaking options.Ĭlick on the first four boxes next to 'Position'. Hover over the Paragraph styles section and select Borders and shading. This menu will reveal many options for adjustments you can make to the format and content of the page. If there is a lot of content on the document and you only want to add a border around a specific paragraph of text, the paragraph must start on a new line.Ĭlick Format. Using Paragraph StylesĬlick in front of the text that you want to border. These options will appear to the right of the submenu. If you don't see these buttons, click the button with the three-dot icon to the right of the menu. You can change the table background color and border color, width, and style by using the four rightmost buttons of the menu. You can also use this method to create a page border by having the table wrap around the entire page.Ĭhange table style and border (optional). You can do this by clicking and holding on one edge of the border, dragging until the table reaches the size you want, and then releasing the mouse button. Once text is inserted into the table, it's easier to visualize the required border thickness.Īdjust the table size. A table with only one cell will be created and act as the border of the text inside. Hover over Table and click the square in the upper left. You can find below the title of the Google Docs document. You can create or open Google Docs documents through Google Drive by signing in to your Google account.Ĭlick the Insert tab at the top left of the screen.