Presenting Information in a Table

To add a simple table to a document, you can use the Insert Table button on the Standard toolbar and then select the number of rows and columns you want from the grid that appears. If you want to set the size of the table along with other options, such as table formatting, you use the Insert command on the Table menu to open the Insert Table dialog box. You can also convert existing plain text into a table.

After you create a table, you can type text or numbers into cells and press the key to move the insertion point from cell to cell. If the insertion point is positioned in the rightmost cell in the last row of the table, pressing adds another row to the bottom of the table. In addition to the key, you can use the arrow keys or you can simply click a cell to position the insertion point there.