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Re: Draw rectangle around a paragraph

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From: Olav Kvern
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:38
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jurami1-- 

Take a look at the BoxCharacters example script--it uses the technique Dave describes to draw boxes around individual characters, and can easily be adapted to your use. 

Another approach is to convert the paragraph to a single-cell table. I'll post an example later today. 

Thanks, 

Ole
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