Table Border widths in Word 2007

[Ande]

I used to be able to select the individual Borders/Gridlines that I used in
Word, for my tables. Now, it is a complete mystery. When I want to use
Borders and Gridlines in my tables it is like a random generator. No two
tables have the same Borders and Gridlines. The tables all end up with a mix
of Borders and Gridlines. Some are wide, some are thin single lines and yet
others are double lines.

I have found no way to actually control or adjust these, what used to be a
simple process, lines so that my outside Borders were double and the inside
borders were thin single lines.

Where are the controls hidden?

Thanks

 

[grammatim]

The Table Borders controls are, unfathomably, in the Design tab of the
Tables part of the Ribbon. You can add them to the QAT, or someone
could reprogram the ribbon for you to include it in the Layout tab,
where it's useful.

 

[Ande]

Thanks, but I had already found that. Those controls only allow me to use
either their pre-set borders, which some programmer thought the whole world
should use, or continue to let the Borders and Gridlines be random in widths.

BTW: Those pre-set table borders and gridlines also change the formatting of
the Table itself.

 

[grammatim]

Sorry, that's not correct. The very last item in the Borders drop-down
is the old familiar Borders and Shading panel, where you can adjust
the line type, color, and width of any or all table border lines.

You can also create Table Styles -- click in a table, apply it, and
your tables all look alike.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Click the arrow beside the Borders button and choose Borders and Shading.
This opens the dialog in which you can select a specific color and line
weight for each border, applying it by clicking on the corresponding border
in the preview diagram.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org