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thank you it works perfectly. i'll be sure to check out the documentation for more efficient table construction!

here is a basic compilable version of the code i would like to implement:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx,colortbl}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{.7\textwidth}{c|c c c c|}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}& \textbf{pno} & \textbf{tpt} & \textbf{flt} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{vla ...

Yup, quite sure...the grey cell colour replaces the table border on the top when printed

I am trying to highlight individual cells in a table. This is all fine, but the first cell I want to highlight is the top left cell of the table. When I highlight it, the border lines of the table on the top and left of the cell are no longer visible. How do I ensure that the cell colouring lies ...

thank you so much, it works perfectly!

Okay, here is an example of what the table does at the moment...i would like to remove the vertical line on the right for the first two rows, so that the numbers are enclosed in a box, with the labels on the outside. Thank you!

\begin{tabular}{c c|c c c c|}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{} & Piano & Trumpet ...

i want to make a table that only has continuous vertical lines that span a part of the table and not the whole table, for example from rows 4 to 8. As far as i know, when the tabular environment is created, you have to declare where the vertical lines go and so these vertical lines span the entire ...