Tables of the most important forms of organization of data and their appearance in an orderly and beautiful, we will learn in this lesson on how to make a table in Word
Insert a table
Go to the Insert tab and click on Table and then specify the number of columns and the number of rows you want, for example choose 4 columns and 5 rows.
Word will create a table of 4 columns and 5 rows.
Move between table cells to enter data
– Click the cell you want with your mouse.
– Use the four arrow keys of the keyboard to move in the four directions.
– Use the Tab key to move to the next cell and Shift + Tab to move to the previous cell.
Select a row
Click the mouse before the beginning of the row from the left.
The entire row will be selected.
Select a column
Click the mouse at the top of the column.
The entire column will be selected.
Select the entire table
Go to the top left corner of the table, then click on the small square.
The entire table will be selected.
Align the text inside the table
Select the part where you want to align the text inside (cell – row – column – entire table), for example select the entire table.
Go to the Layout tab and then in the Alignment pane select the alignment you want.
Alignment will be applied.
Add a row
Stand inside any cell in the row you want to add a row above or below, for example, stand inside any cell in the fourth row of the name Mohsin
Go to Layout tab and click Insert Above to add a row above the current row or press Insert Below to add a row below the current row, for example click Insert Above.
A new row will be added above the current row.
Add a column
Stand inside any cell in the column you want to add a column to the left or right, for example, stand inside any cell in the third column of English
Go to the Layout tab and then press Insert Left to add a column to the left of the current column or press Insert Right to add a column to the right of the current column, for example press Insert Right
A new column will be added to the right of the current column.
Delete a row
Stand inside any cell in the row you want to delete, for example if you want to delete the new blank row, stand inside any cell in it.
Go to the Layout tab and press Delete and from the drop-down menu select Delete Rows
The row will be deleted.
Delete a column
Stand inside any cell in the column you want to delete, for example if you want to delete the new blank column, stand inside any cell in it.
Go to the Layout tab and press Delete and from the drop-down menu select Delete Columns
The column will be deleted.
Delete the entire table
Stand inside any cell in the table.
Go to the Layout tab and press Delete and from the drop-down menu select Delete Table.
Note: You can also delete the table by pressing the Backspace key from the keyboard after selecting the entire table.