Change table grid lines and colours in Pages on Mac
You can change the look of a table by changing its outline, showing or hiding gridlines, adding borders and colour to cells and using alternating row colours.
Change the table outline and grid lines
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Open a document with a table, click the table, then in the Format
sidebar, click the Table tab.Do any of the following:
Change the outline: In the Table Outline section of the sidebar, use the controls to change the line type, thickness and colour.
Change the grid lines: In the Gridlines section of the sidebar, click the buttons to show or hide gridlines from the table body, from the header rows and columns, and from footer rows.
Change the border and background of table cells
You can change the border and background of any selection of table cells.
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Open a document with a table, then select the cells you want to change.
To change all the cells in a table, select the table.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Cell tab.Do any of the following:
Change cell borders: In the Border section of the sidebar, click a border layout button below Border to select which borders you want to format. Click the Border Styles pop-up menu, then select a border style. Or, use the controls below the menu to define your own style.
Tip: To select multiple borders, click a border layout button, then Command-click additional borders.
Change the background: In the Fill section of the sidebar, click the colour well, then select a fill option. See Fill shapes and text boxes with colour or an image.
You can also create rules to automatically change a cell’s look when the value in the cell meets certain criteria. See Highlight cells conditionally.
Alternate the table row colours
Go to the Pages app
on your Mac.Open a document with a table, click the table to select it, then in the Format
sidebar, click the Table tab.In the sidebar, select the Alternating Row Colour tick box, then click the colour well to select a colour.
Row colours don’t alternate for header columns. Header columns have their own look based on the table style you select.