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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 18, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you have added a border around a paragraph in your document, you may later want to remove the border. This is easy to do by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Borders tab of the Borders and Shading dialog box.
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