How to Change the Colour of the Gridlines of a Table on Word

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Can't change the colour, width or shading of your table gridlines on Microsoft Word? This wikiHow will assist you.

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    On the left hand side, under "setting", there are a no. of options including Box, All, Grid and Custom.
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