TABLES!

Using Tables in Microsoft Word 2010

So What’s a “Table”?

• Basically just a grid
• columns (vertical)
• rows (horizontal)
• individual cells (boxes)
• Each cell can hold:
• Text
• Pictures
• Embedded math formulas

To Insert (Create) a Table

• Click the “Insert” tab
• Find the “Table” icon on the left side

STEP

1

To Insert (Create) a Table

• Click the down-arrow

under “Table”

• Drag over the grid to select the dimensions of your table (number of rows and columns)
• Then click to insert the table

STEP 2

To Insert (Create) a Table

STEP

3

• Your table appears in the word document!
• Notice that Word automatically switches over to the “Table Tools” tab (everything you need to format tables)

To Delete Rows/Columns

• Click the “Layout” tab under “Table Tools”
• Click the down-arrow under “Delete”
• This will delete whatever row or column is currently selected (or whatever row or column was last clicked)

To Insert Rows/Columns

• To add new rows or columns, click:
• Insert Above
• Insert Below
• Insert Left
• Insert Right
• This will add a new row/column next to whatever row or column was last clicked)

Auto-fit to Window

• This tool stretches a table across the page from the left margin to the right margin…

STEP1

Auto-fit to Window

So we go from this

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To this 🡮

STEP 2

Table Alignment

This refers to the position of the entire table in relation to the page.

• On the far left side, click “Properties”
• The “Table Properties” window will appear…

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STEP1

Table Alignment

• When the “Table Properties” window pops up…
• Click your preferred

alignment

STEP 2

Table Alignment

Align

Le4

Voila!

Align Right

Align Center

Text Alignment

This refers to the position of the text within the individual cells.

Find the “Alignment” group under the “Layout” tab…

Step1

Text Alignment

• Within the table, select the cell(s) you want to format
• Then, up in the “Layout” tab, click your preferred text alignment

Step 2

Text Alignment

Voila!

Column Width & Row Height

• Use your mouse to hover over the table border that you want to adjust

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• The pointer cursor will change into a re- size cursor

Step1

Column Width & Row Height

• Once you have the re-size cursor, just click and drag to move the border

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• (Same process for rows or columns)

Merge Cells

Use this tool to combine multiple cells

• Click and drag to select the cells that you want to merge

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• Find the “Merge” group on the “Layout” tab

Merge Cells

• Click “Merge Cells” to combine selected cells

Step 2

Use this tool to divide cells into even more cells

Split Cells

• Select cells to divide
• Click “Split Cells”
• Choose how many new rows/columns you want

Split Cells

• Click “OK”
• Voila! Split cells!

Step 4