Configuring Borders

You can configure borders for table objects that apply to the entire table and/or to one or more rows, columns, and cells.

Open the Table Properties dialog. To do this, double-click the table object. Alternatively, use the secondary mouse button to click the table object, and then click Properties.
In the navigation pane, click Borders and Shading to display the Borders and Shading property page.
In the Borders section, click Select All to select all four sides. Alternatively, select the side that you want to configure. To select more than one side, hold down the Shift or Ctrl key as you click each side that you want to select.
Specify the border properties that you want for the selected sides.

Use the secondary mouse button to click a cell in the row that you want, point to Select, and then click This Row. Alternatively, hold down the Shift key, click the right-most or left-most cell in the row, and then drag the pointer across the row until the entire row is selected.
Open the Table Properties dialog. To do this, double-click the table object. Alternatively, use the secondary mouse button to click the selected row, and then click Properties.
In the navigation pane, click Borders and Shading to display the Borders and Shading property page.

In the Borders section, click Select All to select all four sides. Alternatively, select the side that you want to configure. To select more than one side, hold down the Shift or Ctrl key as you click each side that you want to select.

Row borders are applied to the selected sides of each cell within the row except for the cell borders that are also table borders. For cell borders that are also table borders, the table border is applied.

Specify the border properties that you want for the selected sides.

To select two or more adjacent rows, hold down the Shift key while you click the right-most or left-most cell in the first or last row that you want, and then drag the pointer across the rows that you want until each of the rows is entirely selected.

Use the secondary mouse button to click a cell in the column that you want, point to Select, and then click This Column. Alternatively, hold down the Shift key, click the top or bottom cell in the column, and then drag the pointer through the column until the entire column is selected.
Open the Table Properties dialog. To do this, double-click the table object. Alternatively, use the secondary mouse button to click the selected column, and then click Properties.
In the navigation pane, click Borders and Shading to display the Borders and Shading property page.

Column borders are applied to the selected sides of each cell within the column except for the cell borders that are also table borders. For cell borders that are also table borders, the table border is applied.

Specify the border properties that you want for the selected column sides.

To select two or more adjacent columns, hold down the Shift key while you click the top or bottom cell in the first or last column that you want, and then drag the pointer through the columns that you want until each of the columns is entirely selected.

Use the secondary mouse button to click the cell that you want, point to Select, and then click This Cell. Alternatively, hold down the Shift key while you click the cell that you want.
Open the Table Properties dialog. To do this, double-click the table object. Alternatively, use the secondary mouse button to click the selected cell, and then click Properties.
In the navigation pane, click Borders and Shading to display the Borders and Shading property page.

Cell borders are applied to the selected sides of the cell except for the cell borders that are also table borders. For cell borders that are also table borders, the table border is applied.

Specify the border properties that you want for the selected cell sides.

To select two or more adjacent cells, hold down the Shift key while you click a cell, and then drag the pointer through the adjacent cells that you want.