MS Word - Lesson 8: Creating a Table: Microsoft Word 2007

MS Word - Lesson 8: Creating a Table: Microsoft Word 2007 covers the essential facts behind the topic, including what changed, why it mattered, and how it affected users.

Microsoft Word 2007 Overview

Create Table

To create a table:

• Place the cursor on the page where you want to create the table

• Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

• Click the Tables button on the Tables group. You can create a table in one of four ways:

- Mark the lines and columns

- Select Insert Table and enter the number of rows and columns

- Select on Draw Table, create the table by clicking and entering the LINE and column numbers

- Select Quick Tables and select the table.

Enter data in a table

Place the cursor in the box you want to enter information. And start typing

Edit table structure and table format

To edit the structure of the table:

• Click on the table and you will see that there are two new tabs on the Ribbon: Design and Layout. These two tabs are used to design and layout tables.

On the Design tab, you can choose:

• Table Style Options

• Table Styles

• Draw Borders

To format the table, click on the table and select the Layout tab. This Layout tab allows you to do:

• View Gridlines and Attributes (available on Table group).

• Insert rows and columns (available on Row & Columns group).

• Delete tables, rows and columns ( Rows & Columns group).

• Mix or split cells (available on the Merge group).

• Increase and decrease cell size (in Cell Size group).

• Align text in cells and change text direction ( Alignment group).

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