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Adding Diagonal Borders

Summary: Want a border to go diagonally through a table cell? Here's how to do it. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

Word has allowed you to add borders to paragraphs, text boxes, and tables for quite some time. Beginning with the introduction of Word 2000, you can also add diagonal borders to your table cells. This means that a border can appear from the top-left to the lower-right corners of a cell, or from the top-right to the lower-left. To take advantage of this type of border, follow these steps:

  1. Create your table as you normally would.
  2. Select the cell you want to have the diagonal border.
  3. Choose the Borders and Shading option from the Format menu. Word displays the Borders and Shading dialog box.
  4. Make sure the Borders tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
  5. At the bottom left and right corners of the Preview area of the dialog box, you should see buttons that have diagonal lines on them. Click the line that represents the type of diagonal border you want to use.
  6. Click on OK.

Tip #877 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 2000 | 2002 | 2003


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