Word Tables: How to Create a Table Border in Word

This updated guide examines Word Tables: How to Create a Table Border in Word and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

By creating a border for a table, the user has a lot of options to apply to the table, such as using a bold border, a double border, a dashed border or a dot, or using a color for the outline of the table. These types of borders can also be used to create borders for Word files, or to create a beautiful Word border frame. The following article will show you how to change the table border on Word.

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1. How to draw the Word 2007 table or below

Step 1:

We create tables in Word as usual, then enter the data in the table.

Step 2:

After creating the table, we black out the entire table and then right-click on the menu to select Borders and Shading in the displayed list.

Step 3:

Displays the interface for users to select the border type for the table. Here the user has many ways to select a border for the table.

If you want to change the border for all the lines in the table, including the lines between the cells and the border around the table, in the Settings section click All .

Next, select the type of line you want to use in Style , with the type of dashed lines, double strokes, and three strokes. Choose the color for the line at Color . We can preview how the table border appears in the Preview section. Click OK to apply the new border type.

As a result, we will have a Word table with a border style as shown below.

In case you just want to style the border around the table , but the line in the cells remains the same, then we choose the Grid item . Continue to select the style and choose the color for the border. Click OK to apply.

Your results are tabulated with the border as shown below.

2. Create contour table Word 2010 or higher

Step 1:

We also draw tables on Word by clicking Insert. Then black out the whole table and right-click. In this list, there will be the Border Styles option.

Step 2:

This will display simple tabular contour types.

After selecting the border type, we will enter the table automatically . You just need to mouse over the horizontal or vertical lines of the board to draw the outline.

Immediately the table border will change to the style shown below.

In case you want to change to another color , click Pen Color and then select the color for the border.

Step 3:

To display the panel alignment interface as in Word 2007, clicking Borders and looking down at the list will see the Borders and Shading option.

You then proceed to select the border for the table as in Word 2007.

With just a few simple steps, tables on Word have been changed with novel color borders. Depending on the different requirements we choose to use the new border for the whole table, or just border around the table.

I wish you all success!