I have a Word document with several tables and each table has about 8 columns and 20-30 rows. The table is being used to track steps completed for a certain task.

I want to add color to one cell as I "check off" that task. I will be coming back to this document many times over several months. To right-click and choose Borders and Shading and then about 6 more clicks to complete the action is tedious and something I don't want to do repeatedly.

Is there a way to memorize or create a preset so with one or two clicks I can highlight the cell with a given color? The cell may or may not contain text.

Thank you!