Microsoft Word 2013: Adding Tables

Tables are useful for presenting complex data in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. Creating tables with Microsoft Word 2013 is easy. You can insert a table into your document, then modify it and change its formatting; or, you may have pre-existing text you want to convert into a table. Use this video-based training to learn how to create tables and manipulate them.

This course provides instruction on how to format a table, including changing its borders, shading, and text. The course also demonstrates how to convert pre-existing text to a table. Utilize the information presented here and create a more streamlined, professional, and visually appealing document.

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Microsoft Word 2013 users

• Insert a Table
• Modify a Table
• Format a Table
• Convert Text to a Table

• Insert a table.
  • Recall how to insert a table into a document.
  • Recall how to move from cell to cell in a table.
  • Identify the ways in which you can insert additional rows into your table.
• Modify a table.
  • Recall how to evenly space out columns.
  • Identify some of the functions available when modifying a table.
• Format a table.
  • Identify the benefits of using Table Styles to format a table.
• Convert text to a table.
  • Select where you can find the option to convert text to a table.

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