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This article provides a detailed guide on formatting borders and background for tables in Word.
- Quickly format various border styles and background colors for your table by selecting Design -> choose templates that suit your data content.
- Additionally, for personalized adjustments, follow these steps:
Step 1: Choose the data range in the table for the background color -> Design -> Shading -> select the desired background color (or click More Color to explore other colors):
Step 2: After selecting the color for the highlighted data range:
Step 3: Choose the entire table to create borders -> Design -> Borders -> Borders -> Borders and Shading…
Step 4: The Borders and Shading dialog box appears with the following options:
- Section Setting:
+ None: Remove table borders.
+ Box: Retain only the outer border, no inner borders.
+ All: Modify the style of both inner and outer borders.
+ Grid: Modify the outer border while keeping the default inner border.
+ Custom: Modify the inner border while keeping the default outer border.
- Section Style: Choose the border style.
- Section Color: Select the color for the border.
- Section Width: Choose the width for the border.
For instance, here select an outer border with a solid, bold line and an inner border with a dashed line:
Step 5: Press OK to see the results.
Above is a detailed guide on how to format borders and background color for tables in Word.
Wishing you all success!
