How to Remove Borders in a Microsoft Word Table

When you insert or draw a table in a Microsoft Word document, a border is automatically placed around that table. Also, when you apply certain table formats they will come with borders that you may not want. It's a fairly simple process to remove these borders in just a few short steps.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft Word

1. Start Microsoft Word and open an existing table that has a border you want to remove from the table.
2. Highlight the section of the table that you want to remove the border. This can be one cell, a selection of cells or the whole table. Either use your mouse to click and drag or use the Table button to select the cells that contain the border you want removed. Be sure to select the end-of-cell marks in the cells from which you want to remove the border.
3. Choose the "Format" menu and then click on "Borders and Shading…" to bring up the "Borders and Shading" dialog box. The "Borders" tab should already be chosen.
4. Click "None" under the "Setting" section of the "Borders and Shading" dialog box to remove any borders from your selected cells or table.
5. Use your mouse to click the "OK" button in the "Borders and Shading" dialog box to remove the border and close the dialog box.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also bring up the "Borders and Shading" dialog box by selecting "Borders and Shading" in the "Table Properties" dialog box.
• An end-of-cell mark is a paragraph mark that is a small square within a cell. You can show the paragraph marks by clicking the Show/Hide paragraph mark button on the Standard toolbar.

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