In LibreOffice Writer, I set a board at the top of the footer and it shows up on the page. If I save the file and re-open it the border is gone. If I go into the border settings it shows that no border is set. What may I be doing wrong?
I just discovered that if I save the file as an ODT the border remains. If I save it as DOCX it will not be there the next time I open the file.
There is no “border” property in Word for headers / footers. It simply lacks that feature, and its file format has no option to store it.
Your only option is to use paragraph’s border, if you need interoperability with DOCX.
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As an alternative for docx you can create a drawing line (hold down Shift to keep it horizontal) and anchor it to a paragraph in the footer so it appears on all pages.
I have seen this in documents originating in Word
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