Click the down arrow (or “More” arrow button) in the “Table Styles” section. Make sure the cursor is in one of the cells of the tables and the “Design” tab is active. There’s a quick and easy way to apply not only borders to a table, but shading and colors as well. Then, click “Border Painter” on the “Design” tab and click on any cell borders to which you want to apply the selected style. Simply place the cursor in any cell in the table to activate the “Table Tools” tabs and select a border style using either of the methods mentioned above. NOTE: If you want to apply borders to certain parts of the table, you don’t necessarily have to select the entire table.
Again, you can use the “Borders” button to apply borders to multiple parts of the table at once.
Once you’ve selected the “Line Style” and “Line Weight”, click “Pen Color” and then click on a color to use that color for the selected line style.Ĭlick the cursor on any cell borders to which you want to apply the manually chosen border style. Notice that there are more easily available styles using this option.Ĭlick the “Line Weight” drop-down list (right below the “Line Style” drop-down list) and select the desired thickness for the selected line style. Select the style of line from the “Line Style” drop-down list. To manually customize the borders on your table, use the “Line Style” drop-down list. Just make sure you’ve selected the part of the table to which you want to apply the borders first. NOTE: You can also access the same border options using the “Borders” button in the “Paragraph” section of the “Home” tab. NOTE: As you move your mouse over the options in the “Borders” drop-down menu, the results of each choice are displayed on the selected table so you can see what the selected borders will look like. To remove all the borders from the table, click “Borders” and select “No Border” from the drop-down menu. Once you’ve chosen a border style, you can also use the “Borders” button on the “Design” tab and select an option from the drop-down menu to apply borders to specific parts of the table or “All Borders” on the table.