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The border drop down offers choices of position and number of borders, horizontal lines, tables, and border and shading options. The button's icon changes with the last border style you used. 

  • For selected text or paragraphs, select how you want borders to display:

    • Borders button icon Bottom Border    Puts a border on the bottom of a selection.

    • Top border button Top Border    Puts a border on the top of a selection.

    • Left border button Left Border    Puts a border on the left side of a selection.

    • Right border button Right Border    Puts a border on the right side of a selection.

    • No borders button No Border    Removes all borders.

    • All borders button All Borders    Puts both outside and inside borders around the selection.

    • Outside border button Outside Borders    Puts borders around the outside of the selection.

    • Inside border button Inside Borders    Puts borders on the inside of the selection.

    • Insider horizontal border button Inside Horizontal Borders    Puts only the horizontal border on the inside of the selection.

    • Insider vertical border button Inside Vertical Borders    Puts only the vertical borders on the inside of the selection.

  • Horizontal line button Horizontal Line    Creates a horizontal line at the cursor location. If you have a selection made, it will be replaced by the line.

  • Draw table button Draw Table    Draw a table in your document. Select the table and use the Layout options to add columns, rows, and do other table elements.

  • View gridlines button View Gridlines    Show or hide gridlines on a table.

  • Borders shading button Borders and Shading    Customize borders and shading attributes on paragraphs and text with these options.

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