Format Borders

Learning Objectives:

Understanding how to add and remove cell borders.
Understanding methods to customize format borders.

Borders can be added and removed. Colors and style can be changed. To add borders to a cell or a range of cells, click the Borders button on the Ribbon. It is located in the Font group on the ribbon. The default border is a black underline.

Excel Format Borders example

Border Colors

You can also add colors to the borders by selecting a color before adding the border.

Excel Border Colors example

Border Styles

There are six different border styles that Excel offers to change the style of the border lines. These six different borders are:

Solid line
Dashed line
Dotted line
Medium line
Thick line
Double line

Excel Border Styles bexample