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Give your tables a designer’s touch with table styles. Choose from a selection of color schemes, apply alternate row colors, add a heading row, or format a total row. Apply a table style to an existing table. Select any cell in the table.
To convert text to a table or a table to text, start by clicking the Show/Hide paragraph mark on the Home tab. This lets you see how text is separated in your document. Convert text to a table. Insert separator characters—such as commas or tabs—to indicate where to divide the text into table columns.
By default, Word preserves the original formatting when you paste content into a document using Ctrl + V, the Paste button, or right-click + Paste. To change the default, follow these steps. Go to File > Options > Advanced. Under Cut, copy, and paste, select the down arrow for the setting to change.
Adding shading to a table can help make certain rows, columns, or cells—or the entire table—stand out in your document. The easiest way to add colored shading to a table is to use the Shading menu.
In Microsoft Word, you can adjust a table's size and column and row dimensions, either manually or automatically. You can also change the size of multiple columns or rows and modify the space between cells.
To set or change table options in Word or Outlook, right-click a table and choose Table Properties. Note: If you want to set properties for a particular row, column, or cell, click in that row, column, or cell before making changes in the Table Properties dialog box.
Tables organize information visually and help you show relationships between things. Learn how to set up tables so they can be read out loud to people who use a screen reader. To add a header row to a table. Choose Insert > Table to insert a table.
Set or clear tab stops inside table cells.
For a basic table, click Insert > Table and move the cursor over the grid until you highlight the number of columns and rows you want. For a larger table, or to customize a table, select Insert > Table > Insert Table. If you already have text separated by tabs, you can quickly convert it to a table.
Insert a cell and move the existing cells down one row. A new row is added at the bottom of the table. Insert entire row. Insert a row above the cell that you clicked in. Insert entire column. Insert a column to the left of the cell that you clicked in.
To convert text to a table or a table to text, start by clicking the Show/Hide paragraph mark on the Home tab. This lets you see how text is separated in your document. Insert separator characters—such as commas or tabs—to indicate where to divide the text into table columns.