Getting Down To Work - Microsoft Word

1.20. Insert Bar - Tables

You may wish to add information that will be easiest to understand if it is sorted into rows and columns. 

To insert a table, first make sure your cursor is at the place in the document that you would like to add the table.  Then, click on the Table icon and using your mouse, select the number of rows and columns you think you will need (you can change it later if you need to).  Click the mouse again and the table will be added to your document. 

If you want to delete the table, hover over the table and right click your mouse.  The option to delete the table is at the bottom of the list of options. 

In this same list of right-click options, you will see the ability to insert columns or rows.  You can also make changes to individual cells of the table and other table formatting changes. 

To see the full list of formatting options available for tables, click on the table in your document and look at the top of the document in the Insert tab.  You will see a new area called Table Tools.  Click in here to make more changes.

Within the table in your document, place your mouse cursor wherever you want to type.  To resize the columns, hold your mouse on the column border until you see the arrows appear and then move your mouse to adjust the column.