# Document borders and shading for Dummies (like me) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-borders-and-shading-for-dummies-like-me/152774 "2003-02-04T20:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-borders-and-shading-for-dummies-like-me/152774/1 "2003-02-04T20:20:15Z")
I can do complex tasks, but the simpler ones trip me up. I am trying to make some award certificates, and I want to create a full border (top, bottom, left, right) for each one. So I do it, and it shows up fine in the print preview, but when I print out a test copy, the entire rightside border is missing. What do I need to change here? the margins or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-borders-and-shading-for-dummies-like-me/152774/2 "2003-02-04T20:25:24Z")
Could be margins…did you create a table? If so, double check that you haven’t accidentally set it to only show three sides of the border. I’d check the margins first though. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-borders-and-shading-for-dummies-like-me/152774/3 "2003-02-04T21:27:51Z")
I never created a table. I did take a look at the settings for the margins but I must not have tweaked it right.