WD5X: Adding Outside Bar Commands to MacWord Appnote Available

Last reviewed: February 26, 1998
Article ID: Q85439

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh version 5.0

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The text below is from the " MW0537: Adding Outside Bar Commands to Microsoft Word 5.0" application note, which is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

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  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
   MW0537: ADDING OUTSIDE BAR COMMANDS TO MICROSOFT WORD 5.0 AND 5.1

                                                   Revision Date: 8/93
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The following information applies to Microsoft Word for the Macintosh(R), versions 5.0 and 5.1.

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This Application Note describes how to add outside bar commands to Microsoft Word versions 5.0 and 5.1 for the Macintosh. These commands are necessary only if you are printing a booklet-style document, where even and odd pages are mirrored, because left border formatting in Word 5.0 and 5.1 will not alternate to a right border on odd-numbered pages. (If even and odd pages are not mirrored, you can apply a left border to paragraphs that require an outside bar by using the Border command on the Format menu.) Outside bar commands are available in Word 4.0 but are only available in Word 5.0 and 5.1 when you add special settings to your Word folder.

Included with this Application Note is a disk containing the Outside Bar Settings file.

To Use the Outside Bar Settings File with Word 5.0 and 5.1

Copy the Outside Bar Settings file from the enclosed MW0537 disk to your Microsoft Word folder.
Start Word and choose Commands from the Tools menu.
Under Settings File, choose the Open button.
In the Open dialog box, select the Outside Bar Settings file and choose the Open button. Choose the Close button.

The Single Bar Paragraph Border command will now appear on the Format menu. For more information about using more than one settings file with Word, see pages 727-729 in the "Microsoft Word User's Guide."

The newly installed Single Bar Paragraph Border command will apply a 1- point thick outside bar to the selected paragraphs. However, as with other paragraph borders in Word, there are many outside bar commands available.

To Add Other Outside Bar Commands to a Menu

Start Word and choose Commands from the Tools menu.
Under Settings File, choose the Open button.
In the Open dialog box, select the Outside Bar Settings file and choose the Open button.
From the list of options displayed on the left, select "Paragraph Border:". Make sure you select the option with the colon (:) following it.
From the Command list, select one of the following outside bar commands that you want to add to the Format menu. (A diamond next to the command indicates the command is currently being displayed on a menu.)
```
      Double Bar Paragraph Border
      Dotted Bar Paragraph Border
      Hairline Bar Paragraph Border
      Single Bar Paragraph Border
      Thick Bar Paragraph Border
```
From the Menu box, choose the Add button. (If the command already appears on the menu, the Add button will be unavailable.)
Repeat steps 4 through 6 for all the outside bar commands that should be added to the Format menu. Choose the Close button.

For more information about adding commands to menus, see Chapter 40 of the "Microsoft Word User's Guide."

To Use Outside Bar Formatting in a Document

Select the paragraphs that require outside bar formatting.
From the Format menu, choose the desired outside bar command.
NOTE: When the Mirror Even/Odd option is selected, an outside bar is displayed as a left border when Normal or Page Layout is chosen from the View menu; however, in print preview and on the printed document, the outside bar will appear to the left of paragraphs on even-numbered pages and to the right of paragraphs on odd-numbered pages.

When the outside bar command is used in a document, the following guidelines apply:

The Mirror Even/Odd option must be selected in the Format Document dialog box. Otherwise, outside bars will appear as left paragraph borders.
If a paragraph has outside bar formatting and you choose Borders from the Format menu and then choose the OK button (even though you make no change to the border within the dialog box), the outside bar formatting will change to a left paragraph border. To reapply the outside bar formatting, follow steps 1 and 2 of the above section, "To use outside bar formatting in a document."

For more information about using the outside bar commands with Word 5.0 and 5.1, call Microsoft Product Support Services at (206) 635-7200.

Additional query words: 5.00
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Version : MACINTOSH:5.0
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: February 26, 1998
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