Changing table border and cell border styles

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:
1 Select the cell(s) or border(s).
2 Choose Line Styles from the Table menu and select a style from the submenu.
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:
1 Select the table.
Note: For inline frames, you must select all cells in the table.
2 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:
3 Click the Pen formatting button:
4 To choose a new color, click the Color palette button:
Then choose a color.
5 To choose a pattern, click the Pattern palette button:
Then choose a pattern.
6 To change the line width, click the Line Width palette button:
Then choose the desired line width.

You can also change the table border by using the Accents window.

Related topic

  Changing table borders, cell borders, and backgrounds

 
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