As in the question/title. When I right-click on the table, and select Table... for the properties, then theBorders tab, I can only get whole-table border formatting.
In Word, you can choose a “cell” option to limit formatting to a single cell. How to do that in Writer?
(I searched through previous Q&A’s but could not find this problem addressed.)
It turns out I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t work this out.
A bit of searching found this helpful guide on the “Plan-B” site.
Essentially, you must select the cell you want to customized before bringing up the Table Format (properties) window. The “work-flow” is different from Word, then. Once you have selected the cell, THEN Table... > Borders presents with a cell-only dialog, rather than whole table.
Selecting the cell can be tricky if they’re small, I’ve discovered. Simply left-click + hold > drag into two cells, then STILL holding, move back to single cell. (Hope that makes sense!) That movement gets a single cell.
Amazing that simple feature needs an Internet search. Moreover, that doesn’t work in the latest version…
Amazing that simple feature needs an Internet search. Moreover, that doesn’t work in the latest version…
Thanks David, very useful!