How to Add Borders to Cells in Microsoft Excel

By eHow Computers Editor

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Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program has been around for several years. It is used in homes to keep the family budget while stock brokers use it to track up to the minute changes in the New York Stock Exchange. This program can help organize and facilitate processes throughout your day. By adding borders of color to different data, you can distinguish which information is most vital to a person that is using your spreadsheet. Read on to learn more.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Step1

Launch Excel by double clicking the icon on the Desktop or by finding the application under the "Start" menu.

Step2

Choose the file you wish to work with and open it.

Step3

Highlight the cells in the spreadsheet that you want to have a border. Place the mouse in the cell you wish the border to start, press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse over the cells you wish to change. Release the left button. The area you want to manipulate should be shaded.

Step4

Right click in the shaded area. A window of options appears, select "Format Cells." Choose the "Border" tab. There are several options on this new window.

Step5

Change the color of your borders by selecting the color you want from the "Color" drop down menu.

Step6

Choose the border design by clicking the line type you like in the "Style" box. Play with the "Border" buttons to see what suits your needs. Different borders can be placed in different areas of the spreadsheet. To keep information uniform among worksheets, try to use the same color for the same data.