1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
2. Click the layer for which you want to set properties.
3. On the View menu, click Task Pane.
4. In the Layers task pane, under Layer properties, click Borders and Shading.
5. In the Borders and Shading dialog box, click the Borders tab and choose from among the border properties.
6. In the Borders and Shading dialog box, click the Shading tab and choose from among the shading properties.

Note  Setting the Positioning style to any setting other than Absolute will prevent the layer from appearing in the Layers task pane. A layer (or DIVISION element, represented by the <div> tag) with a Positioning style set to None or Relative can be modified using the mouse or the toolbar. Although the DIVISION will no longer appear in the Layers task pane after the Positioning style is set to Relative or None, the ID will remain the same.

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
2. Click the layer for which you want to set properties.
3. On the View menu, click Task Pane.
4. In the Layers task pane, under Layer properties, click Properties.
5. In the Position dialog box, choose from among the position properties.