Word Tables
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Word Tables
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Word Tables
Word Tables
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The time will come when you need to put text into little boxes that are organized into columns and rows. Yes, were talking about tables here. As everyone who has ever worked on one knows, tables are a bit-of-the-unknown if you don't know how they work.
Getting all the columns to fit, making columns and rows the right width and height, and editing text in a table is not easy. So problematic are tables that Word has devoted an entire menu to constructing them: the Tables menu.
Fortunately for you, the commands on this menu makes formatting and working with tables easy.
This page explains how to create Word tables, enter text into tables, change the number and size of columns and rows, sort and format tables.
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What's on this page... Construction of Tables Creating a Table -Insert Table Button -Draw Table button -Insert Table dialog box -Convert Text to Table Selecting Cells, Rows, Columns or the Whole Table Inserting and Deleting Columns & Rows Moving Columns & Rows Resizing Columns & Rows Merging and Splitting Cells Splitting a Table |
Very likely, you created too many or too few rows or columns for your table. Some columns are probably too wide, and others may be too narrow. If that is the case, you have to change the layout of the Word tables by deleting, inserting and changing the size of columns and rows. (Putting borders around tables and embellishing them in other ways, is explained later on this page.)
Selecting Cells, Rows, Columns Or The Whole Table
Before you can play around with cells, rows, or columns, you have to select them:| ► |
CELLS To select a cell, click in it. You can select several cells at once by dragging the cursor over them. If you want to select cells which are not next to each other, click the first cell, hold down the CTRL. key and click any other cells you need. This method works for columns and rows as well. |
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ROWS Place the cursor in the left margin (the mouse changes to a pointer leaning toward the rows) and click to select one row. You can also click-and-drag to select several rows. You can also select rows by placing the cursor in the row you want to select and then choosing the Table ► Select ► Row command, or to select several rows, select cells in the rows and then choose the Table ► Select ► Row command. |
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COLUMNS To select a column, move the cursor to the top of the column. When the cursor changes into a fat down-pointing black arrow, click once. You can click-and-drag to select several columns. The other way to select a column is to click anywhere in the column and choose Table ► Select ► Column. To select several columns with this command, select cells in the columns before giving the Select command. |
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| ► | TABLE To select a table, click in the table and choose Table ► Select ► Table, or you can hold down the ALT key and double-click anywhere inside the table. Another way to select the entire table is to click the Select Table square at the top-right corner of the table. This square is only seen when you place your mouse pointer anywhere inside the table. |
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