Change the cell margins in a table
You can add cell "padding" (spacing between the boundary of the cell and the text inside the cell) by changing the cell margin.
Change the margins of all cells
- Click the table.
- On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Table tab.
- Click Options.
- Under Default cell margins, enter the new values you want.
Change the margins of a single cell
- Click the cell.
- On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Cell tab.
- Click Options.
- Clear the Same as the whole table check box, and then enter the new margin values.