Select a different line style format to replace the current borders.Ĭhange the line weight, for example, one and a half point.Ĭhange the border color by picking the desired color.Īdd or remove the borders on the selection. Use the Border Styles, Line Style, Line Weight, Pen Color, Borders tools, and Border Painter commands in the Table Design tab of Table Tools, as shown in the following figure: Use the border formatting tools to change the table borders.Ĭopy border formatting to apply it elsewhere. Table BordersĪpply, modify or remove border formatting on a cell, row, column, or the entire table. Choose Standard Colors or More Colors options if you don’t want to change the color when a new theme is applied. Theme colors automatically update whenever you apply a new theme to the document. You’ll see two color groups when you click the Shading button: Theme Color and Standard Colors.
Click on a color to apply it on the selection.Move the mouse pointer over a color to preview it on the selection.Click Shading drop-down in the Table Styles group of the Design tab.
Select cells, rows, or columns that you want to apply shade.You can apply shading to individual cells, rows, columns, or to an entire table: