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To apply borders and shading to a table

Borders and shading can add interest and emphasis to a table. You can add borders to a table or an individual row, column, or cell. You can use shading to fill in the background of a table.

You can add a striped or alternating shading pattern to the rows. You can select the number of rows or columns to include in a stripe pattern and apply your color choices to the pattern.

To apply a border and shading to a table

1.	Select the table. See To select a table, row, column, cell, or section.

2.	Do one of the following actions:

•	To place borders only on particular sides, in the Border palette, select Edit Individually from the Edges list. Now you can set the border for each side.

•	To place the same border on all sides, select Edit Together from the Edges list.

3.	Select an option from the list of line types and select a color from the color picker.

4.	To apply shading, select a style from the Style list and select a color from the color picker.

To remove a border or shading from a table

1.	Select the table. See To select a table, row, column, cell, or section.

2.	In the Border palette, select Edit Together from the Edges list.

3.	Select None from the list of line types.

To apply a striped or alternating shading to rows

1.	Select the table. See To select a table, row, column, cell, or section.

2.	In the Object palette, click the Row Shading tab and select Apply Alternating Row Shading.

3.	Select the shading color for the first row or first set of rows.

4.	Select the shading color for the next row or next set of rows.

Note:

If you use the Border palette to set shading for a cell, it overrides the row shading set for the table.

To remove the striped or alternating shading from rows

In the Object palette, click the Row Shading tab and deselect Apply Alternating Row Shading.

To apply borders and shading to a table