Can i add text border around page?

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#1

i’d like instead of a line(single/double/decorative) to put a line of words around my page - rather than listing them in the body of the document.

can i do this? i need the text to remain in standard format, but be able to reorient the page via right rotation.

#2

Please give a more detailed specification, if possible an image representing the goal.

You tagged W7, but which LO version? and which save format?

#6

In Draw you can

  1. Create a rectangle a few mm larger than you would need for a border. Set the fill to None, click Shape > Convert > To curve
  2. Double click it and type the text. It will overflow the rectangle boundaries.
  3. Exit the text by clicking elsewhere and then select the rectangle
  4. Click Format > Text to path, select Slant Vertical
  5. Set the line to White
  6. Copy the shape
  7. Open Writer, alter page style to have a header
  8. Click in the header and paste the shape so it will appear on every page.
  9. With the shape selected, click Format > Wrap > Through in background (to select the shape again, open Navigator and double click Bezier curve n)

TextBorderAroundPage.odt (29.9 KB)

If you want to rotate the page then you will need to select the shape and make it shorter and wider. This will probably need a redraw to see it properly so scroll to a new page and back.

[Edit]
You could create the shape in Writer but it is easier in Draw.

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#7

Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fddf2685c70b461e7832239a0162a77216259f22
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 X86_64 (6.1 build 7600); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win

save in .odt and/or .doc and/or .docx

this is a rough idea of how i want it - the corners are going to have small special characters - the problem with an image file is that it’s difficult to get the precise proportions correct on all four sides. obviously if i were working on a typewriter it would be easily accomplished manually, but here we are. any help will be appreciated, and i will try every suggestion.

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#8

inserted a text box, then tried rotating text as instructed - text does not rotate but the text box does.

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#9

thank you- am trying to follow your instructions when i do i get stuck at shape>convert>to curve - cannot locate “shape”.
i have long been text-oriented so draw this’n’that is like learning to walk.

#10

As I said, I did it in Draw and pasted it into Writer.

In Writer it is probably in the format menu, maybe a sub menu of Text box and shape. I remember seeing it but I am not near my computer at the moment.

#3

wild guessing :

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#5

Hello bluemlein,

In LibreOffice Writer, you can add a frame to the page edges. To do this, click on the “Insert” menu at the top of the LibreOffice Writer page. Then a list will open. find the “Frame” heading and click on it.

(Insert > Frame > Frame)

Don’t forget to reply if you solved the problem. You can help users who have the same problem as you.

Best regards,
eo.ozsahin

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