European Computer Driving Licence

Module 3 – Word Processing

Chapter 3.6 - Tables

Inserting a table

Z Open the Table menu, select Insert, Table

Z The Insert table dialogue box appears

Z Key in the number of columns and rows required

Z Click OKZ An empty table will appear

on screen

Typing text into a table

Z Click in the first cell, type in text required

Z To move to the next cell on the right, click in it (or press the right arrow key once)

Z You can also use the Tab key to move from one cell to the next

Z Don’t worry if text goes onto more than one line – that will be sorted later!

Selecting Cells

Z To select the whole table, click Table, Select, Table (or click and drag across the whole table)

Z To select a row, click next to the row in the left margin (or click and drag across the row)

Z To select a column, move the pointer above the column until it changes to an arrow then click

Z To select a cell select Table, Select, Cell (or triple-click inside the cell)

Modifying Row Height

Z Select the whole table (Table, Select, Table)

Z Select Table again from the menu and click Table Properties

Z Click the Row Tab, click Specify height and type in measurement required

Z Click OK

Merging table cells

Z Select the cells to be mergedZ From the Table menu select

Merge Cells

Z Click the Centre align iconZ The text will centre itself

within the selected cells

Formatting text in cells

Z Select the cell(s) you want to format

Z Click on the Bold, Italics, centre or other options of your choice

Z To shade cells, select the required cells

Z From the Format menu select Borders and Shading

Z Click the Shading tab and click the colour required

Z Click OK

Changing Cell Borders

Z Click anywhere in the tableZ Open the Format menu and

select Borders and ShadingZ Click the Borders tabZ Select AllZ If you needed to you could

change the line width or colour from here!

Z Click OK

Inserting and deleting rows and columns

Z To insert a row, click inside the row above where you want the row to appear

Z Open the Table menu, select Row then Rows Below

Z To delete a row, click inside the row to be deleted

Z Open the Table menu, select Delete then Row

Z Note you can insert or delete a column by selecting column instead of row!

Changing column widths

Z To change a column width, move the mouse pointer to the right border of the column until a double arrow appears

Z Click and drag to change the width

Z To change a column width to a specific measurement, Select the column, Select Table then Table

Properties, Click on the Column tab, Click next to Preferred

Width and type in measurement

, Click OK

Centring Text Vertically

Z Select the whole tableZ Right click anywhere in the

table and select Table Properties

Z Move the mouse pointer over Cell alignment

Z Select the middle icon to centre text horizontally and vertically

The final result …..