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Need to make your tables stand out? In this tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to change the thickness of table lines in Microsoft Word. Whether you want to bold the entire table or just the outside borders, I cover three different methods—including the "Border Painter" tool for custom styles.

What you will learn in this video:

How to use the Table Design tab to change line weight.

How to apply thick borders to the whole table or specific cells.

Using the Borders and Shading dialog for advanced customization.

How to use the Border Painter for quick manual adjustments.

Perfect for creating professional reports, resumes, or school projects!

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00:00Hi everyone, adjusting the thickness of table lines or border in Microsoft Word is a great
00:06way to make your data stand out or create a more professional looking document. So first you need
00:12to select your table by clicking the small four-sided arrow icon in the top left corner of
00:19the table and then go to the table design. This tab only appears when a table is selected. So
00:26in the border groups first you need to select the color of the line for example this color and then
00:37click on this arrow to select the thickness of the border to 1 by 4 pt for example and here
00:45is the
00:45border style which you want to prefer it just select it and to apply it the whole table click
00:52the border arrow next to it and select the all borders this will instantly increase the thickness
01:01of the border of your table moreover if you want to total control over the specific lines are thick
01:09and which ones stay thin so use this menu for this you need to right click inside your table and
01:16select
01:17the table properties and in the table tab you need to click on the borders and shading button at the
01:25bottom of and here first you need to select the style of the line for example this style and now
01:34select
01:35the color for example blue one and now here is the thickness you can select 6 pt 3 pt whatever
01:44your
01:44requirement is i'll selecting the 3 pt moreover in the preview section on the right you can click
01:52individual line in the diagram to apply the thickness only to the outside frame or specific internal grid
02:00lines like this one and now head to the apply and click on this and table and click ok and
02:10click ok
02:11and here you can see that the right and left side has thin lines while the top and bottom and
02:18in the middle
02:19you can see the thick lines also there is another the border painter method you can only if you want
02:27to make
02:27one specific line thicker so for in the click on this four sided arrow first you need to select the
02:35paint color for
02:36example red and select the thickness and make it like this one and now you will see that your cursor
02:50will turn
02:50into a paint brush simply click and drag along any individual line like this one here you can see that
03:03so this way you can easily make table lines thicker in ms word if you think this video is helpful
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