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Add stroke and fill to cells

You can add stroke and fill to cells using the Cell Options dialog box, Stroke panel, or Swatches panel.

Add stroke and fill using Cell Options

You can determine which cell lines are formatted with a stroke or fill by selecting or deselecting lines in the Preview proxy. If you want to change the appearance of all rows or columns in the table, use an alternating stroke or fill pattern in which the second pattern is set to 0.

  1. Using the Type tool , place the insertion point in or select the cell or cells in which you want to add a stroke or fill. To add a stroke or fill to header/footer rows, select the header/footer cells at the beginning of the table.
  2. Choose Table > Cell Options > Strokes And Fills.
  3. In the proxy preview area, specify which lines will be affected by stroke changes. For example, if you want to add a heavy stroke to the outside lines but not to the inside lines of the selected cells, click an inside line to deselect it. (Selected lines are blue; deselected lines are gray.)
    Select the lines you want to affect in proxy preview area.

    In the proxy preview area, double-click any outside line to select the entire outer selection rectangle. Double-click any inside line to select the inside lines. Triple-click anywhere in the proxy to select or deselect all lines.
  4. For Cell Stroke, specify desired weight, type, color, tint, and gap settings. (See Table stroke and fill options.)
  5. For Cell Fill, specify desired color and tint settings.
  6. Select Overprint Stroke and Overprint Fill if desired, and then click OK.

Add a stroke to cells by using the Stroke panel

  1. Select the cell or cells you want to affect. To apply a stroke to header or footer, select the header or footer row.
  2. Choose Window > Stroke to display the Stroke panel.
  3. In the proxy preview area, specify which lines will be affected by stroke changes.
  4. In the Tools panel, make sure the Object button  is selected. (If the Text button  is selected, the stroke changes will affect the text, not the cells.)
  5. Specify a weight value and stroke type.

Add a fill to cells

  1. Select the cell or cells you want to affect. To apply a fill to header or footer cells, select the header or footer row.
  2. Choose Window > Swatches to display the Swatches panel.
  3. Make sure the Object button  is selected. (If the Text button  is selected, the color changes will affect the text, not the cells.)
  4. Select a swatch.

Add a gradient to cells

  1. Select the cells you want to affect. To apply a gradient to header or footer cells, select the header or footer row.
  2. Choose Window > Gradient to display the Gradient panel.
  3. Click in the Gradient Ramp to apply a gradient to the selected cells. Adjust the gradient settings as necessary.