structure you will see a little paned box in the upper right hand corner of the table. Place your cursor over that and click. You have now selected the entire table. Unfortunately, right clicking will not help you here. In Word 2007, go to the Table Tools (contextual tab), click on the layout tab and choose the delete button in the Rows and Columns group. Then choose Delete Table. This will remove the entire table grid.


Converting regular text to a table There are times when you would like to use an existing ‘table’ of information. Select the rows that contains the information. Click on the Insert tab, Table button to reveal the


When you start to realize there are many tools in these programs, sometimes a little training goes a long way.


menu. Choose Convert Text to Table choice. It will ask you how many rows and columns you need and how the information is separated. When you choose OK, your text will be converted to a table.


Converting a table to ordinary text Sometimes you want to go the other way….converting a table to plain text. You select the table. On the Table Tools contextual tab, Layout, in the Data Group, choose the Convert to Text button. It asked how the information should be separated. Choose OK and it is back to being plain text.


There are lots of other things you can do to make a table work for you, but this would get you started. When you start to realize there are many tools in these programs, sometimes a little training goes a long way. Happy computing and learning!


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