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Apply Table Background/Border

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Applies the desired border style or background color to a cell or table.

Apply table background color and border

To apply the background color or border style to a cell or table:

  1. Select the cells you want to apply the background color or border style as a block. If you want to apply to the whole table, select a table.
  2. Go to Background and Border-Background on the Table task pane and click Background Color to select the desired background color.
  3. Go to Background and Border-Borders on the Table task pane and click Line Style, Table Border Width, Line Color to select the desired one.
  4. Click the icon corresponding to the desired border location. The border settings specified are applied the selected location.