How to add or remove Borders to Cells in Microsoft Excel

On a worksheet, select the cell or range of cells that you want to remove a border from. To cancel a selection of cells, click any cell on the worksheet. Click Home > the Borders arrow > Erase Border, and then select the cells with the border you want to erase.

1. How do you add cell borders in Excel?
2. How do I get rid of a border in Excel?
3. How do I remove gridlines from certain cells in Excel?
4. Why can't I put borders around cells in Excel?
5. What is the shortcut for all borders in Excel?
6. How can you remove borders applied in cell?
7. How do you add a dotted line border in Excel?
8. Where can you set the shading Colour for a range of cells in Excel?
9. How do I fill a cell in Excel with color and keep lines?
10. How do I get rid of gridlines in sheets?
11. How do I make the gridlines darker in Excel?

How do you add cell borders in Excel?

To add borders to cells, follow these steps:

1. Select the cell or range of cells that you want bordered.
2. Select the Cells option from the Format menu. ...
3. Click on the Border tab. ...
4. In the Border section of the dialog box, select where you want the border applied. ...
5. Select a line type from the Style area.
6. Click on OK.

How do I get rid of a border in Excel?

Go to Design > Page Borders. In the Borders and Shading box, on the Page Border tab, select the arrow next to Apply to and choose the page (or pages) you want to remove the border from. Under Setting, select None, and then select OK.

How do I remove gridlines from certain cells in Excel?

Make Excel hide gridlines only in specific cells

1. Select the range where you want to remove lines.
2. Right-click on the selection and choose Format Cells from the context menu. ...
3. Make sure that you are on the Border tab in the Format Cells window.
4. Choose the white color and press the Outline and Inside buttons under Presets.

Why can't I put borders around cells in Excel?

Select the cells that contain the borders and right-click > Format Cells. The keyboard shortcut to open the Format Cells window is Ctrl+1. Go to the Border tab and clear the top/bottom borders for rows or the left/right borders for columns.

What is the shortcut for all borders in Excel?

Excel shortcuts

How can you remove borders applied in cell?

To remove cell borders, click the arrow next to Borders , and then click No Border .

1. The Borders button displays the most recently used border style. ...
2. If you apply a border to a selected cell, the border is also applied to adjacent cells that share a bordered cell boundary.

How do you add a dotted line border in Excel?

Make a line dashed

1. Select the line that you want to change. ...
2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Outline. ...
3. Point to Dashes, and then click the line style that you want.

Where can you set the shading Colour for a range of cells in Excel?

Fill cells with patterns

1. Select the cells that you want to fill a pattern with. ...
2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Format Cells dialog box launcher. ...
3. In the Format Cells dialog box, on the Fill tab, under Background Color, click the background color that you want to use.
4. Do one of the following:

How do I fill a cell in Excel with color and keep lines?

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window. 3. And then save and close the code window, now, when you fill a color for a range of cells, the gridlines will be showed automatically.

How do I get rid of gridlines in sheets?

Hide Gridlines in Google Sheets

1. Select the worksheet in which you want to hide the gridlines.
2. Click the View button in the menu.
3. In the drop-down that opens, click the Gridlines options. This will uncheck the Gridlines options.

How do I make the gridlines darker in Excel?

Select the Options button at the bottom of the left column. Choose the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Display options for this worksheet section, then click the Gridline color button. Select a darker color.