Table operations in Word

The following article introduces you to the operations on the table in Word.

Table operations in Word 2013 include:

1. Draw a box in the board.

- Creating a table cannot ignore Merge Cell operation , for example, if you want the column of the school day to have 2 values of even and odd dates, make 2 columns into one:

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- To tie cells, do the following: Select the cells you want Meger Cell -> Layout -> Merge -> Merge Cells:

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- The results have been merged into 1:

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2. Align the table.

- When entering data in the table, you want the data to be in the middle of the cell and 4 equally spaced as follows: Select the table to align on the Layout tab -> Alignment -> select the alignment type:

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- Results after choosing the alignment:

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3. Create a background color for the board.

Method 1: Highlight the cells you want to create background color -> use the paint bucket icon or shadding in the quick toolbar -> select the colors to create the background:

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- Results after pouring background color:

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Method 2: Select cells to create background color -> Go to Design tab -> Shading -> select colors to fill background:

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4. Create borders for the table.

- Open the Border and Shading dialog box with 2 ways:

Method 1: Select the table to create borders -> on the Home tab -> Paragraph -> click on the Border icon -> can choose the default types or click Border and Shading:

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Method 2: Select the table to create borders -> go to Design tab -> Borders -> Borders can choose the default types available or click Border and Shading:

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- In both ways, the Border and Shading dialog box appears and select the Border tab, including the following options:

+ Item Setting:

None: Cancels the table border.

Box: Only external roads have no internal roads.

All: Change the border style both inside and outside borders change

Grid: Change the border outside the inner line to keep the default.

Custom: Changing the border inside the outer line remains the default.

+ Item Style: select border style.

+ Item Color: select the color for the border.

+ Section Width: choose the width for the border.

For example, here, select the outer solid line, the inner line is three dots:

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- The table border results have changed:

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The above is a detailed guide on table operations in Word.

Good luck!

Micah Soto

Update 19 May 2020

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