Namo Web Editor

Specifying border style, color, and width for individual cells

You can control the style, color, and width of the border on each side of a cell independently, as in the example below, in which the middle cell uses a different border style and color on each side:

Example of independent cell borders

To specify complete border properties for one or more individual cells

1. Select the desired cell(s). If you select more than one cell, the same border properties will be applied to each of them.
2. Do one of the following:
3. • Right-click, point to Table, and click Advanced.
   • On the Layout menu, go to Borders, and then click Cell Borders.
4. In the border selection box, select the cell border you want to change. To select multiple borders at once, click each while holding down the Ctrl key. (See the examples below.) To select all four borders, click Select All. To deselect all borders, click in the middle of the box. By default, all four borders are selected.
   

   Click a border to select it.	Click while holding down Ctrl to select multiple borders.

5. Do any or all of the following:
   • Click the Style box and select the desired border style. (If you select None, the border is hidden.)
   • Click the Color box and select a color.
   • Enter a number in the Width box and select a unit in the unit box.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each border or set of borders you want to change.
7. Click OK.

Namo WebEditor uses CSS properties to apply border settings in the Style dialog box. Please note that various browsers may support these CSS properties differently or not at all.

Related topics

Selecting parts of a table

Style dialog box – Borders & Background tab

Specifying border style, color, and width for individual cells