User-Defined Borders in Text Documents
You can apply a variety of different cell borders to selected cells in a Writer table and to the whole table. Other objects in text documents can have user-defined borders, too. For example, you can assign borders to page styles, to frames, and to inserted pictures or charts.
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Select the cell or a block of cells in a Writer table.
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Choose Table - Properties.
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In the dialogue box, click the Borders tab.
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Choose the border options you want to apply and click OK.
The options in the Line arrangement area can be used to apply multiple border styles.
Selection of cells
Depending on the selection of cells, the area looks different.
| Selection | Line arrangement area |
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| One cell selected in a table that has more than one cell, or cursor inside a table with no cell selected | |
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| A one cell table, the cell is selected | |
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| Cells in a column selected | |
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| Cells in a row selected | |
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| A whole table of 2x2 or more cells selected | |
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Default settings
Click one of the Default icons to set or reset multiple borders.
- The thin grey lines inside an icon show the borders that will be reset or cleared.
- The dark lines inside an icon show the lines that will be set using the selected line style and colour.
- The thick grey lines inside an icon show the lines that will not be changed.
Examples
Select a block of about 8x8 cells, then choose Table - Properties - Borders tab.
- Click the left icon to clear all lines. This removes all outer borders and all inner lines.
- Click the second icon from the left to set an outer border and to remove all other lines.
- Click the rightmost icon to set an outer border. The inner lines are not changed.
Now you can continue to see which lines the other icons will set or remove.
User-defined settings
In the User-defined area, you can click to set or remove individual lines. The preview shows lines in three different states.
Repeatedly click an edge or a corner to switch through the three different states.
| Line types | Image | Meaning |
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| A black line | ||
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A black line sets the corresponding line of the selected cells. The line is shown as a dotted line when you choose the 0.05 pt line style. Double lines are shown when you select a double line style. | |
| A grey line | ||
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A grey line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will not be changed. No line will be set or removed at this position. | |
| A white line | ||
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A white line is shown when the corresponding line of the selected cells will be removed. |
Examples
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Select a single cell in a Writer table, then choose Table - Properties - Borders.
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Select a thick line style.
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To set a lower border, click the lower edge repeatedly until you see a thick line.
All cells in a Writer table have at least a left and a lower line by default. Most cells on the table perimeter have more lines applied by default.
All lines that are shown in white in the preview will be removed from the cell.