Format Table

You can format a table’s appearance to display information effectively. You can do the following:

• Insert rows / columns
• Delete rows / columns
• Change the column width / row height
• Add borders to the table
• Fill cells of the table
• Combine cells
• Automatically format the table

TO INSERT ROWS OR COLUMNS:

• Click inside a cell next to where you want to add a row or column.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Table section.
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• Click on the Insert drop-down arrow. Select the direction (from where you placed your cursor in the table) that you want to add your cells.
• The cells will be added to the table.

TO DELETE CELLS, ROWS, COLUMNS, OR AN ENTIRE TABLE:

• Click inside a cell next to where you want to delete a row or column.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Table section.
• Click on the Delete drop-down arrow. Select the direction (from where you placed your cursor in the table) that you want to delete your cells.
• The cells will be deleted from the table.

TO CHANGE THE COLUMN WIDTH OR ROW HEIGHT

Place your mouse directly on the line that separates the rows (or columns) that you wish to modify.

When your cursor looks like (if you want to change the column width) or (if you want to change the row height), click and drag the line to change the width.

Note: Double-clicking on a row or column border will activate the AutoFit feature, which automatically resizes the width of the column to fit its contents.

TO ADD BORDERS, OR TO FILL CELLS WITH A COLOR

• Select the cells that you wish to add a border to.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Borders and Shading section.

• To add color to a cell, select it, and choose a color and shading level in the Shading section of the Borders and Shading toolbox.
• Choose the border style that you want to apply.

TO AUTOMATICALLY FORMAT THE TABLE

• Click anywhere in the table.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Table section.
• Click on the Table Autoformat button. The Autoformat window will appear.

• Select the appropriate style and click OK.

TO DISTRIBUTE ROWS OR COLUMNS

• Select the cells that you wish to space evenly.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Table section.
• If you have selected rows, click on the Distribute Rows Evenly button ; if you have selected columns, click on the Distribute Columns Evenly button .

TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF TEXT IN A CELL

• Select the text that you wish to modify.
• In the Toolbox, under the Formatting Palette, look under the Table section.
• Under the Current Cell(s) section click on the alignment button, and select the desired cell alignment.