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Word Tables | Page 2

What's on this page... Construction of Word Tables Creating a Word 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

Creating a Word Table

1.	Insert Table button
2.	Draw Table button
3.	Table ► Insert ► Table command.
4.	Table ► Convert ► Text to Table command.

Insert Table Button

To create a table using the Insert Table button, follow these steps:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the table to go.
2.	Click the Insert Table button, drag out the menu to the number of rows and columns you want, and let go of the mouse button
Use the Insert Table button to choose the number of rows and columns of your new table.

Draw Table Button

To draw Word tables using the Draw Table button, follow these steps:

1.	Click the Tables And Borders button on the Standard toolbar to display the Word Tables And Borders toolbar.
	Tables and Borders button
2.	To draw a table, choose Table ► Draw Table or click the Draw Table button on the Tables And Borders toolbar.
	Draw Table button
	Choose a thick line from the Line Weight drop-down button on the Tables and Borders toolbar to see the lines better as you draw them.
	Line Weight button
The mouse pointer changes into a pencil. Draw Table Mouse Pointer
3.	Start drawing. As you drag the pencil on-screen, you get columns and rows.
4.	If you make a mistake, click the Eraser button on the Tables And Borders toolbar. The pointer changes into an eraser. Drag it over the parts of the table you don't want.
	Eraser button
5.	After you've finished drawing the table, click the Draw Table button again to revert the mouse back to a mouse pointer.

Insert Table Dialog Box

To create a table using the Insert Table dialog box, follow these steps:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the table to be.
2.	Choose Table ► Insert ► Table. The Insert Table dialog box appears.
Use the Insert Table dialog box to specify the number of rows and columns you want in your new table.
3.	In the Number Of Columns box, enter the number of columns you want.
4.	In the Number Of Rows box, enter the number of rows you want.
5.	Under AutoFit Behavior, you can enter a measurement in the Fixed Column Width text box to make all columns the same width. (The Auto setting creates columns of equal width and stretches the table so that it fits across the page between the left and right margins).
6.	Click the AutoFormat button to open the AutoFormat dialog box from which you can choose one of Words table formats.
7.	Click OK.

Convert Text To Table

 To convert text to table, follow these steps: 

1.	Either press Tab or enter a comma in the list where you want columns to be divided. For example, if you are turning an address list into a table, put each name and address on one line and press Tab or enter a comma after the first name, the last name, the street address, the city, the state, and the postal code, etc. For this feature to work, each name and address line must have the same number of tab spaces or commas in it.
2.	Start a new paragraph press Enter, that is where you want each row to end.
3.	Select the text you want to convert into a table format.
4.	Choose Table ► Convert ► Text to Table.
Use the Convert Text To Table dialog box to take current text and convert it to table format.
5.	Under Separate Text At option group, choose Tabs or Commas to tell Word how the columns are separated.
6.	Choose an AutoFit Behavior option, if you want.
7.	Click OK.

Microsoft Word XP