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Placing the text caret within a paragraph and applying any of the settings above will
apply it to that particular paragraph. If you select the whole text object and then apply any
of the settings above, it will apply it to all paragraphs within.

Border Width
Sets width of the border that appears around the paragraph.
Border Style

Sets the style of the border, e.g. solid line, dashed...

Border Color
Sets the color of the border.
Background Color

Sets the color of the paragraph background behind the text

Internal borders between consecutive paragraphs
Enables to show border lines between paragraphs or show one border around all
paragraphs

Sides
Set which sides to show the border, and the margin between the border and the text.

Setting a paragraph background
To apply a paragraph background color to a single paragraph:

• Select the TEXT TOOL and place the caret into the paragraph you want to apply a
background color to
• Right-click on the text
• Click on the PARAGRAPH BORDER & BACKGROUND... option, and then click Edit on the
Background Color option
To apply a paragraph background color to multiple or all paragraphs

• Select the TEXT TOOL and highlight all the paragraphs you want to apply a background
color to
• Right-click on the text
• Click on the PARAGRAPH BORDER & BACKGROUND... option, and then click Edit on the
Background Color option

You can also select the whole text object with the SELECTOR TOOL and perform the above
to apply to all.