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OBJECTIVES
• What is a table?
• Why would you use it?
• How do you create a table?
• How do you format a table?
Showing a table with blocks
Rows
Columns
cell
cell
What is a table?
• Word knows rows and columns and cells
• Text in a cell is independent
• The blocks don’t have to be the same size
• Sample table:
Day Period Start Time
End Time Course Room
Monday 3 11:30 12:20 Word 303
Monday 4 12:30 1:20 Business Math
222
Tuesday 2 10:30 11:20 Excel 252
Why use a table?• To avoid going tab crazy
• To show borders
• To be able to move by rows and columns
• To wrap text in a column
• To format rows, columns or cells alone
• To sort
• To calculate
Day Period Start Time
End Time Course Room
Monday 3 11:30 12:20 Word 303
Monday 4 12:30 1:20 Business Math
222
Tuesday 2 10:30 11:20 Excel 252
Table Calendar ExampleFebruary 2002
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18
19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28
Table Calendar Example
Table Schedule Example
Day Period Start Time
End Time Course Room
Monday 3 11:30 12:20 Word 303
Monday 4 12:30 1:20 Business Math
222
Tuesday 2 10:30 11:20 Excel 252
Table Data ListParameter Listing
Directory File parameter opt1
$AAPSRV aap_server_key.dat key 10
$AAPBIN start_all (.sh) start_ppassim.sh 6002
$AAPBIN start_all (.sh) start_vmssim.sh 6003
$AAPSRV aap_sock_init_opt1.dat Server port 6004
Table Revision History Example
Revision History
Date Rev # Revision Description Authors Subject Matter
Experts Technical
Writer
2/14/01 0 Creation Vincent Miserere
Vincent Miserere, Ted Andricos, Kris Pepper, Cindy Hsueh
Kris Pepper
1/19/02 1 Add ICR features Kris Pepper Ted Andricos Vincent Miserere
2/15/02 2 Update ICR features Cindy Hsueh Vincent Chang Kris Pepper
How to work with tables
• Create a table using table / insert
• Select a row using the table handles
• Center text in a column
• Bold a row
• Create a border
Creating a table• Create a new document
• Type a heading “My Schedule”
• Click on Table on the menu bar
• Click on Insert
• Click on Table
• Enter the number of columns you want
• Fill in the heading and 3 rows
Select a row using table handles
Bold a row
• Select a row
• Click the “B” bold icon on the standard toolbar
Center Text in a Column• Highlight the columns to be centered
• Click the center button on the standard toolbar
Create a border• Highlight the whole table and nothing else
• Click the Format / Borders and Shading
• Click the All Button
• Select the color and width you prefer
Next Steps
• Deleting tables.• Splitting tables.• Converting text to tables and back.• Drawing tables and merging and splitting cells.• Managing the row and column width, including
– auto format and auto fit.• Sorting.• Calculating.• Showing and hiding gridlines on the screen.• Using the table properties box.