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Change table borders, colors, and size


Easily customize your tables in Canva. Change the border color, border weight, make cells a uniform size, or resize them to follow their content.

Edit table borders

  1. Select the table.
  2. On the editor toolbar, select
    Border.
  3. Select which borders of the table you want to edit.
  4. To change the border color, select the color tile, and select from the options.
  5. To change the thickness, select
    Border style icon and move the slider left or right.

Change cell color fill

  1. Click to select the cell that you want to edit. To select multiple cells, hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) on your keyboard.
  2. On the toolbar above the editor, click on the color tile (usually the first toolbar option).
  3. Select a new color from the options, or click the rainbow
    plus icon to pick a custom color. You can also use gradients.

Resize rows and columns

We don’t currently support Size columns equally and Size to content options for tables in Docs.

Rows

  1. Select table and then, select the
    More icon that appears.
  2. To make all rows a uniform height, select
    Size rows equally.
  3. To adjust row size to fit their content, select
    Size rows to content.

Columns

  1. Select the table and then, select the
    More icon that appears.
  2. To make all columns a uniform width, select
    Size columns equally.
  3. To adjust column size to fit their content, select
    Size columns to content.

To merge or unmerge table rows, columns, or cells, check our article on Merging and unmerging table cells.

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