How to insert diagonal line to table in Word?

Diagonal line is used to split table header cell and set names to a row or column items. It can make the data in table be shown more clearly. How to insert diagonal line to the table? This tutorial will show you the different ways to do it.
doc diagonal header 3

Manually insert diagonal line to table in Word

Quickly insert diagonal line to table header

Manually insert diagonal line to table in Word

Users can insert diagonal line into the table header by setting the table borders and shading. Do the following steps in Word2007/2010:

Step 1: Click in the cell you want to insert a diagonal line into.

Step 2: Click Design tab in the Table Tools, click Borders in Table Styles group;

doc-diagonalheader-1

Step 3: Click Borders tab, select Cell from Apply to drop down list, click diagonal line button;

doc-diagonalheader-2

Step 4: Click OK.

If you want to want to insert the different style diagonal lines to the table, do as follows:

Step 1: Click Insert tab, click Shapes in Illustrations panel;

doc-diagonalheader-3

Step 2: Choose from Lines;

Step 3: Draw the header by cursor like painting with pen. You can draw any style you desire;

doc-diagonalheader-6

Quickly insert diagonal line to table header

Kutools for Word provides the easiest way to insert diagonal line and set captions to table header for Word 2007/ 2010/2013/2016.

Kutools for Word, with more than handy functions, makes your jobs easier.
Go to Download Free Trial {747} days

After installing Kutools for Word, please do as below:（Free Download Kutools for Word Now!)

Click Kutools Plus > click Diagonal Header in the Table panel:
doc kutools diagonal header 1

After clicking Diagonal Header, Kutools for Word will show the Diagonal Table Header box. You can choose the Header Style and set the captions in it, also can change the font size.

doc diagonal header 2

Setting Diagonal Header window as figure above, click OK, see screenshot:

doc diagonal header 3

Easily Split one word document into multiple

Generally, we use copy and paste to split a Word document one by one, but the Split Documnet utility can split a Word document based on page, heading1, page break or section break, which will improve the work efficience . Click for full-featured free trial in 60 days!