Then, click “Border Painter” on the “Design” tab and click on any cell borders to which you want to apply the selected style. Simply place the cursor in any cell in the table to activate the “Table Tools” tabs and select a border style using either of the methods mentioned above. NOTE: If you want to apply borders to certain parts of the table, you don’t necessarily have to select the entire table. Again, you can use the “Borders” button to apply borders to multiple parts of the table at once. Once you’ve selected the “Line Style” and “Line Weight”, click “Pen Color” and then click on a color to use that color for the selected line style.Ĭlick the cursor on any cell borders to which you want to apply the manually chosen border style. Notice that there are more easily available styles using this option.Ĭlick the “Line Weight” drop-down list (right below the “Line Style” drop-down list) and select the desired thickness for the selected line style. Select the style of line from the “Line Style” drop-down list. To manually customize the borders on your table, use the “Line Style” drop-down list. Just make sure you’ve selected the part of the table to which you want to apply the borders first. NOTE: You can also access the same border options using the “Borders” button in the “Paragraph” section of the “Home” tab. NOTE: As you move your mouse over the options in the “Borders” drop-down menu, the results of each choice are displayed on the selected table so you can see what the selected borders will look like. To remove all the borders from the table, click “Borders” and select “No Border” from the drop-down menu. Play around with them till you find a setting you like.Once you’ve chosen a border style, you can also use the “Borders” button on the “Design” tab and select an option from the drop-down menu to apply borders to specific parts of the table or “All Borders” on the table. These settings affect the position of the colors in the frame, which way the gradient flows, and how much of each color shows. Now, click on each of the stops, and select a different color for each one.Ĭontinue on each of the stops until you have assigned a color to each one.Ībove the Gradient Stops slider, there are some settings for type, direction, and angle. Start with a single color gradient, like the one we made above.
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You can mix different shades to the extent of a full rainbow border. Gradients don’t have to be all the same color. Let’s go to the next step and create a rainbow picture frame using six different colors. Rainbow or multi-colored gradient borders You can also use the Position setting below the slider to set more exact positioning if you prefer. I want six evenly spaced colors or shadings of the same color, so have dragged the stops/tags so they are more or less the same distance apart. Then drag the stops to create the spacing you want. Add Gradient Stopsįirst, click the Add Gradient Stops button to add in extra stops according to how many colors or shadings you want. Here you can set how many colors you want to appear in your gradient, and select which colors to use. We, however, will jump down to the Gradient Stops settings, which is where you can get really creative. There are some preset gradients you can choose from, all of which are fairly subtle color schemes. In the Format Picture pane, under Line, click Gradient Line, and pick a width large enough so that your gradient can be seen. Like most of the fancier border effects, you can access gradient border settings in the Format Picture pane, by going to Picture Format | Picture Border | Weight | More Lines. Word and PowerPoint allow you to not only put a colored border around a picture, instead try a pretty gradient effect for single color or multi-colored rainbow effects.