Word 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Lesson 5 – Working with Tables

Word 2016

You can only see the table gridlines where there are no borders. (The default border is a black, solid, ½-point single line around each cell.)

Gridlines are useful to view your table data, and to see how your table is structured. However, you can hide the gridlines if you find them distracting.

Gridlines are dashed lines around each cell

NOTE The View Gridlines button affects the gridline display in all document tables Select a table by clicking the table move handle. The table move handle, a square containing a four-headed arrow, appears when you point to the upper, left corner of a table in Print Layout view. Use the table move handle to move the table within the document.

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P ROCEDURES 1. Position the insertion point in any cell of the table. 2. Select the Layout tab under Table Tools .

3. Select the View Gridlines button gridlines. 4. Select the View Gridlines button

in the Table group to hide the

in the Table group again to

display the gridlines.

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S TEP - BY -S TEP Hide and show gridlines in a table.

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