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<topic id="textsharedguideborder_tablexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Borders for Tables and Table Cells</title>
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<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2007-02-19T10:43:40">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155805"><bookmark_value>tables in text; defining borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tables in spreadsheets;defining borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>borders; for tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>frames; around tables</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>adding;table borders</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>defining;table borders</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw changed "tables;" and added "tables in spreadsheets;"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155805" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="16"><variable id="border_table"><link href="text/shared/guide/border_table.xhp" name="Defining Borders for Tables and Table Cells">Defining Borders for Tables and Table Cells</link>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="1">Setting a Predefined Border Style</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">Click the <emph>Borders</emph> icon on the <emph>Table </emph>toolbar (Writer) or on the <emph>Line and Filling</emph> bar to open the <emph>Borders</emph> window.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Click one of the predefined border styles.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156156" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">This <emph>adds</emph> the selected style to the current border style of the table cells. Select the blank border style at the top left of the <emph>Borders</emph> window to clear all border styles.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153666" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Setting a Customized Border Style</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152472" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the table cells that you want to modify.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Table - Table Properties - Borders</emph> (Writer) or <emph>Format - Cells - Borders</emph> (Calc).</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">In the <emph>User-defined</emph> area select the edge(s) that you want to appear in a common layout. Click on an edge in the preview to toggle the selection of an edge.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153526" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Select a line style and color for the selected border style in the <emph>Line</emph> area. These settings apply to all border lines that are included in the selected border style.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Repeat the last two steps for every border edge.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Select the distance between the border lines and the page contents in the <emph>Spacing to contents</emph> area.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Click <emph>OK</emph> to apply the changes.</paragraph>
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