COMMUNICATION Janet Anderson, Anderson PC Training
Using Word’s Table Feature M
any of us use Word on a daily basis. We type letters and use bullets,
but when we need text to be presented in columns and rows, we usually use tabs or insert an Excel spreadsheet to manage it.
Using tabs is fine to create columns of information. You would type a word or two, hit the tab key, and type another word, tab, another and so on. If you do not set your own tabs, your cursor will jump to the next default tab setting that are set at every _ in. If you don’t set your own tabs and the word you type is too long, the cursor goes to the next available tab and
the words are not in neat columns.
You can set your own tabs to space your columns of words evenly. The problem with using this is if you want
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to add information to a particular group of words, it can completely rearrange your other words.
Word has a solution. Use tables! A table is an electronic grid made up of rows and columns. When a table is inserted, you have to choice of how many rows and columns you want to create. You also have the flexibility to have nested tables and merged cells; and the ability to do sorting and calculations…but I am ahead of myself.
To insert a table In Word 2007, place your cursor in the document where you want the table to go. Click on the Insert tab and choose the Table button from the tables group. A drop down menu will reveal choices to click and draw across a grid to define the number of rows and columns you want.. If you choose to click and drag over the grid, when you let go of your mouse you will have an electronic grid on your document
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