Modifying cell border width, color and style

• Open a document called Cell borders.

• Select the top row.  To modify the cell border widths of the selected cells, right click over the selected cells and from the popup menu displayed select the Borders and Shading command.
  
  

• This will display the Borders and Shading dialog box. Within the Width section of the dialog box, click on the down arrow to display a range of cell widths that you can select. Select a really thick width, so that you can easily see the effect.
  
  

• Click on the OK button and you should see something similar to the illustration below.
  
  

• To see how to modify the cell border style, select the first row, right click and from the popup menu select the Borders and Shading command. Make sure that the Borders tab is selected within the dialog box.  Within the Style section of the dialog box, scroll down until you find the type of border style you are looking for.
  
  
  
  An example is shown below.
  
  

• To see how to modify the cell border color, select the first row, right click and from the popup menu select the Borders and Shading command. Make sure that the Borders tab is selected within the dialog box.  Select the required color from the Color section of the dialog box.
  
  

• Save your changes and close the document.