Remove a border

Microsoft Office Word 2003

  1. Select the text, picture, or table whose border you want to remove.

    If you want to remove a border from specific table cells, select the cells, including the end-of-cell mark.

    Select cells and end-of-cell mark

  2. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading, and then click the Borders tab.
  3. Under Setting, click None.

ShowTip

If you are removing borders from a complicated table or from several parts of your document, you may want to use the Tables and Borders toolbar.

ShowRemove a border from a page

  1. On the Format menu, click Borders and Shading, and then click the Page Border tab.
  2. Under Setting, click None.

Note  To remove the border from only one edge of the document— for example, to remove all but the top border— click the borders you want to remove in the diagram under Preview.

ShowRemove a border from a Web frame

  1. On the Format menu, point to Frames, and then click Frame Properties.

  2. On the Borders tab, click No borders.

ShowRemove a border from a drawing object

  1. Select the drawing canvas that surrounds the drawing object whose border you want to remove.

  2. Click the arrow next to Line Color Button image, and then click No Line.