Use the borders and shading features to control the look of a table. Microsoft Word provides some customizable templates. Roll your mouse over one of them, and you will see a preview in your selected table. Tables help you organize and present information in way that stands out from other text on the page. MS Word has included many new features that make drawing and designing tables a snap. When you have the number of rows and columns you want, click the left mouse button to insert the table into the document.
Choose the number of rows and columns you'd like by entering the number into the appropriate boxes. The AutoFit behavior selections determine the size of the table.
If you plan on creating a number of tables that share the attributes that you have selected, you can check the Remember dimensions for new tables box. When you do this, the next time you select the Insert Table command, all dimensions will be prefilled. Click okay to create the table. Drawing a table gives you more control over the appearance of the table at the outset. This is particularly helpful if your table will not be uniform in nature.
When you draw a table, the cursor does not need to be positioned at the insertion point in your document. Just select Draw Table from the Table menu and the mouse pointer will turn into a pencil. You can then draw a table anywhere in the document:. As you can see, when you draw a table, it can be as uniform or as unconventional as you like.
If the number of columns doesn't match your expectations, make sure all of your separator characters in our case, commas are in place and be sure to select Separate text at Commas. To enter text into a cell, simply select that cell by clicking on it.
The cursor will appear in the cell and you can start typing. You can use these commands to customize your tables, everything from the color of each cell, to the borders, to text alignment. You can insert a row above or below the selected row, and insert a column to left or right of the selected column. Alternatively, you can quickly insert a row or column by selecting a row or column and right clicking on it.
In the menu, click Insert , then use the buttons to insert a row or column. To process to delete an individual cell, a row, or a column is the same for all three.
Click the Delete button and select the appropriate command. You can also delete cells, rows and columns by right-clicking inside a cell. In the menu select Delete Cells. Click the appropriate command and click Ok. To merge cells, drag your mouse over the cells while holding the left mouse button to select them.
In the Layout tab, select the Merge Cells button from the ribbon. It is located in the Merge group on the ribbon.
Alternatively, select the cells you'd like to merge and click the right mouse button. One of those tools can even change As a way to make your documents look more professional, Word can utilize "smart quotes" for both quote marks and Enter your address and click "Subscribe. Your e-mail address is not shared with anyone, ever. Maximum image size is 6Mpixels. Images larger than px wide or px tall will be reduced. Up to three images may be included in a comment. All images are subject to review.
Commenting privileges may be curtailed if inappropriate images are posted. Reading all the comments reconfirms me in my view that Microsoft needs to acquire the rights to WordPerfect and introduce its most useful features into Word.
In some ways Word is still clunky. Top of the priority list is Reveal Codes. MS's 'version' is poor in comparison. For those who don't know, in WordPerfect you can actually see all the formatting codes and delete or insert in the exact places as necessary.
Next is paragraph numbering and formatting. No, I no longer use WordPerfect, but was once a 'power user'. Just to say this tip was very helpful. On doing a quick search of the web could not find this simple instruction at all on the MS site. Thank you, Allen! I already get your tip-emails. Unfortunately this tip didn't help my case with word, but it was a good tip to venture into the option settings to attempt a fix. My case was more to fix auto indenting when a word file has columns.
Where the 2nd column wouldnt stop auto indenting and backspacing into the next indent rather then flush with the column start. The workaround was filling in text from the bottom of the 1st column to fill in to the 2nd column then start the section I originally intended to write, where I wanted to write it.
Then backspace all the filler text out until my original 2nd column starts flush at the top. Thank you, Allen, this was driving me mad! Isn't it funny how Word can do that?! If you don't like this feature and want Word to accept your tabs for exactly what they are tabs , then you need to turn off the feature by following these steps: Choose AutoCorrect Options from the Tools menu.
Word displays the AutoCorrect dialog box. See Figure 1. Click on OK. Author Bio. Setting a Spacing Adjustment in the Equation Editor The Equation Editor is a handy tool when you are creating documents that rely on mathematical formulas.
Discover More. Moving a Table Row Want to move a row in a table very easily? Calculating Elapsed Time with Excluded Periods When using Excel to calculate elapsed time, there can be all sorts of criteria that affect the formulas you would More WordTips menu. Using Correct Apostrophes Word does a pretty good job of figuring out what apostrophes to use around your text.
Updating to Smart Quotes As you type a document, Word automatically converts your quote marks and apostrophes to "curly" versions that look more Smart Quotes are Incorrectly Replaced Not able to replace smart quotes as you want? Hide my email address. What is five more than 8? Doesn't work for me! Works great! If this works I will be for ever grateful. The most common way to indent is to use the Tab key. This method is best for indenting one line of text rather than multiple lines.
Using the Tab key to indent multiple lines can make formatting difficult if you add or remove text later. Indenting multiple lines is best done using the Indent commands.
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