Adding Borders and Shading to Text Boxes
You can add a border around a text box, and you can shade the area inside a text box.
To add borders, shading, or both to a text box:
Open a report and select a text box.
In the Text Properties sheet:
To place a border around the text box, select the Show Border check box.
To add shading to the text box, select a shade from the Shading drop-down list.