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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?

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Page 1: OBJECTIVES What is a table? Why would you use it? How do you create a table? How do you format a table?

OBJECTIVES

• What is a table?

• Why would you use it?

• How do you create a table?

• How do you format a table?

Page 2: 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Select a row using table handles

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Bold a row

• Select a row

• Click the “B” bold icon on the standard toolbar

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Center Text in a Column• Highlight the columns to be centered

• Click the center button on the standard toolbar

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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

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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.