To apply both a top and bottom border to a paragraph, which border options must be selected in the Borders and Shading dialog?

• A. Border Top and Border Bottom.
• B. Border Left and Border Right.
• C. Border All.
• D. Border Outer.

Answer: (A)

Borders on a paragraph are set per side, so you control exactly which sides get lines. To place lines only at the top and bottom, you need to turn on the top border and the bottom border in the Borders and Shading dialog. If you chose all borders, you’d get lines on every side, including left and right, which isn’t what you want here. Left and right would add only vertical lines, not the horizontal ones. The option called Outer isn’t the right choice for this specific need, since it would apply a border around the outside of the selection rather than specifically along the top and bottom of the paragraph.