Shading Cells, Rows Columsns or Table
You can apply shading to individual cells, rows, columns, or to an entire table:
- Select cells, rows, or columns that you want to apply shade.
- Click
Shading
drop-down in theTable Styles
group of theDesign
tab. - Move the mouse pointer over a color to preview it on the selection.
- Click on a color to apply it on the selection.
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/table-shading.webp)
Themes Color Vs. Standard Colors
You’ll see two color groups when you click the Shading
button: Theme Color
and Standard Colors
. Theme colors automatically update whenever you apply a new theme to the document. Choose Standard Colors or More Colors options if you don’t want to change the color when a new theme is applied.
Table Borders
Apply, modify or remove border formatting on a cell, row, column, or the entire table. 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:
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/table-borders.png)
- Border Styles
The borders style gallery. - Border Sampler
Copy border formatting to apply it elsewhere. - Line Style
Select a different line style format to replace the current borders. - Line Weight
Change the line weight, for example, one and a half point. - Pen Color
Change the border color by picking the desired color. - Borders
Add or remove the borders on the selection. For example, chooseNo Border
if you don’t to show the table borders. - Border Painter
Apply a border style, line style, line weight or color to any line you click on inside the table.
Apply a border style
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/apply-border-style.webp)
- Select the cell, row, column, or entire table to apply borders.
- Click the
Table Design
tab - Click the
Border Styles
button and choose a style in the gallery. - Click the
Line Style
,Line Weight
,Pen Color
, etc. for further formatting. - Click the
Borders
drop-down button, and then clickAll Border
options to apply borders to the entire selection.
Border Painter
Select border options from the “Table Tools >
Table Design >
Border group” and then use the Border Painter
tool to draw in individual borders:
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/border-painter.webp)
- Click the
Table Design
sub-tab on theTable Tools
tab. - Choose a line style from the
Line Style
drop-down menu. - Choose thickness from the
Line Weight
drop-down menu. - Choose border color from the
Pen Color
drop-down menu. - Click the
Border Painter
icon if it is not selected automatically. - Drag mouse pointer over the table borders to paint those borders in the selected style, weight, and color.
Using Border Sampler to copy border formatting
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/border-sampler.webp)
Border Sampler
option to copy border formatting- Click the
Table Design
sub-tab on theTable Tools
tab. - Click the
Border Styles
drop-down menu. - Click
Border Sampler
option. - The mouse pointer converts to eyedropper.
- Move the eyedropper to an existing table.
- Click on the table’s border to copy its formatting.
- Use the Border Painter command to apply copied formatting to other borders.
Border and Shading dialog box
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/table-border-and-shading.png)
You can also use the Borders and Shading
dialog box to apply and customize the borders and shading on a table:
- Select the Table.
- Click
Table Design
tab, move mouse pointer toBorders
group, and click dialog box launcher icon. - In the
Borders and Shading
dialog box, make changes according to your requirements. - Select
Table
from theApply to
drop-down menu. - Click
OK
to apply changes.
We’ll discuss the Border and Shading dialog box in detail later.
More “Working with Word Tables” Tutorials
- Insert Tables
- Insert and Delete Rows, Columns and Cells
- Wrap text around the table
- Table Borders and Shading
- Select Table, View Gridlines, Use Table Properties
- Resize tables, rows, columns, and cells
- Repeat heading rows on next pages
- Break, Split & Merge Cells, Rows, and Tables
- Set Table & Cell Alignment and Change Text Direction
- Use Formula in Tables and Paragraphs