Select the Fill drop-down arrow, then choose a color from the color chart. Select the Style drop-down arrow, then choose a percentage of tint or a pattern. Select the Apply to drop-down arrow and choose Cell to add the background tint to the selected cells.
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You can do quite a bit with borders and shading in Word 2016. To fully flex Word 2016’s border bravado, summon the Borders and Shading dialog box:
Unlike the Border menu, additional and custom border-setting options are available in the Borders and Shading dialog box. Most notably, you can set the border line style, thickness, and color.
Creating a fancy title for Word 2016 documents
To create custom titles for newsletters, documents, or anything you want to pretend is super important, click to select a paragraph and then go nuts in the Borders and Shading dialog box. You may end up with results similar to what’s shown here.
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To properly apply a special border, follow these general steps in the Borders and Shading dialog box:
Boxing text
Although applying a border is a paragraph-level format, you can also wrap borders around tiny tidbits of text. To do so, follow these steps:
From a design point of view, shading text is a better option than wrapping it in a box.
Applying a page border
One gem hidden in the Borders and Shading dialog box is the tool required to place a border around an entire page of text. The border sits at the page’s margins, and is in addition to any paragraph borders you might apply.
Here’s how to set a page border:
To remove the page border, choose None under Settings in Step 4 and then click OK.
A page border is a page-level format. If you desire borders to sit on only certain pages, split your document into sections. Use the Apply To drop-down menu (Step 5) to select the current section for your page borders.
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