Adding Borders or Shading

You can apply borders and shading to add emphasis to selected cells, rows, or columns in grids in your reports. You can specify a border style and then apply it to any sides of the selected area. You can also select a shading color to apply shading to your selection.

The following table describes the buttons for indicating border placement options for cells:

Table 21. Border Placement Options

Button	Task
	Click to remove the borders from each selected grid, cell, row, or column.
	Click to place a border around the outside edge of each selected grid, cell, row, or column.
	Click to place a border along the top of each selected grid, cell, row, or column.
	Click to place a border along the bottom of each selected grid, cell, row, or column.
	Click to place a border along the left side of each selected grid, cell, row, or column.
	Click to place a border along the right side of each selected grid, cell, row, or column.

To add borders or shading to cells in a grid:

Create a grid in a report in the Report Designer, or open an existing report containing a grid.
Select the items you want to format: a grid, or one or more cells, rows, or columns in a grid.
Select Format, and then Cells to access the Format Cells dialog box.
Select the Borders & Shading tab.
To specify border options, perform the following steps:
1. In the Style box, click the preferred line style for the borders.
2. Click one or more of the border placement buttons. For a description of the border placement buttons, see Table 21, Border Placement Options .
To add shading, click the Select button and choose a color to apply shading.
Click Apply to apply the border and shading options you selected.
Click OK to confirm the border and shading options you selected and close dialog box.