Adding Borders to Cell Contents

Summary: Word allows you to quickly add borders to cells in a table, but you may not know that you can also add borders to the text within the cells. It all depends on a single setting in the Borders and Shading dialog box, as described here. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

You may already know how to add a border to a cell in a Word table. You may not know that you can go beyond such a border and add a border to the contents of a cell. You can add such a border by following these steps:

Position the insertion point within the cell whose contents you wish to border. (You don't need to select the text or the cell.)
Choose Borders and Shading from the Format menu or, in Word 2007, click the Home tab of the ribbon, click the down-arrow next to the Border tool in the Paragraph group, and then choose Borders and Shading from the resulting drop-down list. Word displays the Borders and Shading dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Use the controls in the dialog box to add the borders you desire.
Using the Apply To drop-down list, select Paragraph.
Click on OK.

Tip #1914 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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