With left, right, top and bottom  ~Border Containers~  you can select the size of the border, whereas ordinary Scrolling Borders size themselves based on the size of the graphic you use.  You also have the ability to add multiple objects inside the  ~Border Containers~  instead of being limited to only one graphic inside a Scrolling Border.

Here's an example of when you might want to use a border container instead of a scrolling border.   Let's say you want to have a nice border all around the edge of your Master Scrippy .  You want to use the graphic below for the border  ... but its size is 220 x 220 pixels.

You really don't want your border to be that wide.  If you used regular Scrolling Borders, your stationery would look like the graphic below, with a 220 pixel border all the way around, unless you went through the trouble of resizing the graphic itself.   :O(

To create a narrow border around your stationery with any size graphic, you can insert a  ~Border Container~  where you can specify the exact size you want the border to be around the edge.  You can specify a width size for the left and right border containers,  and a height size for the top and bottom containers.  That way you don't have to resize your graphic!

For example, if I wanted the border to be 75 pixels wide for all sides, I would select the settings below for each container as I insert them.

Then under each container, I would highlight the container button and then insert either a "positioned scroll" or a "background" and select the 220 x 220 purple graphic above.   Hint - once you have selected the graphic for the first container background or border, you can easily insert it as a background or border for the other containers by clicking on the down arrow (see graphic below) in the selection box for the graphic image.   The graphic will be shown there among the last few graphics used.  Just click on it to select it. 

By using border containers, the stationery would look like the graphic below with a 75 pixel border all the way around, using the same 220 x 220 pixel graphic.

Of course the other GREAT difference between scrolling borders and ~Border Containers~ is that you can insert all sorts of other objects into the ~Border Containers~  because they are basically miniature Scrippys.  You're not limited to just one graphic like you are with a left, right, bottom or top scrolling border.  Below I inserted a message area into the top container.  I inserted positioned scrolls into the left, right and bottom containers.  This was all done with just the click of a mouse!   See "Border Containers" on the left menu bar for more info on using left, right, top and bottom containers.

You can also tell Scrippy to make the border size the "same as largest contained image" inside the Border Container by making the selection below.  This means that the border will be as wide or as high as the largest graphic object you placed inside it.

HINT:  Not to confuse matters, but you can also create borders by using multiple positioned containers which we'll cover later on.  You just insert your main background image for the outermost border, then insert a positioned container and set it X number of pixels from all edges and insert another background image inside that container to create a border.  You can keep doing this until you have the look you want.  :)

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