Use the Borders and Shading item from the Format menu.

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"Sam" wrote in message
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Hello,

When I select my table and change line thickness, it gets applied to the
whole table, not just the outside borders. How can I only increase the
thickness of the outside border line, and not the lines separating
different
rows?

Thank you