Crop Corner

Normally when I'm creating scrapbook pages on the computer, I design my layouts with a 1/2" border on the page. Then after, I've printed the page, I trim the border off and attach it to a complimentary piece of background paper. That's great when I'm printing it, but, if I want to archive a page, e-mail it to someone, or submit it to a contest, I would like to have a colored border on the digital version too instead of just a plain white border. My solution to this was to create a special 1/2" border that I use in my layouts. I put the border on a separate "layer" in my Micrografx Draw 6 page and set the layer as "non-printing". Then, when I print the page, the border doesn't print. But, if I save the page as a JPG file, the border is saved as a part of the page and I have a nice colored border on my digital pages! It's also a handy way to experiment with different border colors, even if I'm printing the page and adding a paper border later.