| You can change the border style of a single cell, a range of cells, or any line segment (cell border) in a table. You can also change the color and width of the line enclosing the entire table (the table border).
Changing cell borders
To change the line style of cell borders:
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Select the cell(s) or border(s). |
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Choose Line Styles from the Table menu and select a style from the submenu. |
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Tip: The Tools and Accents windows give you different options for changing line styles. |
Changing a table border
To change the width or color of a table border:
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Select the table. |
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Note: For inline frames, you must select all cells in the table. |
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If the Tools window is not open, choose Show Tools from the Window menu, or click the toolbox icon at the bottom of the active document: |
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Click the Pen formatting button: |
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To choose a new color, click the Color palette button: |
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Then choose a color. |
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To choose a pattern, click the Pattern palette button: |
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Then choose a pattern. |
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To change the line width, click the Line Width palette button: |
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Then choose the desired line width. |
You can also change the table border by using the Accents window.
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