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WORKING WITH TABLE Inserting Table in Document : 1.

To insert table in your document, select Insert Table from Table menu or click Insert Table Button on Standard Tool Bar. 2. Specify No. of columns & rows required in table. Entering Data in Table : 1. 2. 3. 4. Type the data in the cell. Move the cursor to the next cell by pressing Tab key. Continue entering data by following the above procedure. To move the cursor to the next row from the last column of previous row, press Tab key after entering the data in the last column. 5. To extend the No. of rows of existing table, press Tab key from the last column of last row, the new row is added to the existing table automatically. Inserting columns, rows & cell : 1. To insert column, position the cursor at where the column is to be inserted. 2. Select Insert Column from Table menu. New column will be inserted at the cursor position. 3. To insert row, Position the cursor at where the row is to be inserted. 4. Select Insert Row from Table menu. New row will be inserted at the cursor position. 5. To insert cell, position the cursor at where the cell is to be inserted. 6. Select Insert Cell from Table menu. New cell will be inserted at the cursor position and the cells on the right side will be pushed to right or the cells on the bottom side will be pushed down as per the option selected. Deleting row, column & cell which are no longer required : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To delete a column, position the cursor at which column is to be deleted. Select Delete Column from Table menu To delete row, position the cursor at which row is to be deleted. Select Delete Row from Table menu To delete cell, position the cursor at which cell is to be deleted. Select Delete Cell from Table menu. The cells on the right side will be pulled to left or the cells on the bottom side will be pulled up as per the option selected.

Selecting row, column, cell & table : 1. To select a row, position the mouse pointer just outside the first cell of the row and click. 2. To select multiple rows, repeat step no.1 and drag the mouse pointer upto the last row to be selected. 3. To select a column, position the mouse point just above the first cell of the column and click. 4. To select multiple columns, repeat step no.3 and drag the mouse pointer upto the last column to be selected. 5. To select a cell, click or double click the cell. 6. To select multiple cells, click and drag up to the last cell. 7. To select the table, position the mouse pointer inside the table, when the moving handle appears at the left top side of the table, click the moving handle or select select table from Table menu. Merging Cells, Splitting a cell & Splitting a Table : 1. To merge multiple cells into single cell, select the cells to be merged and select Merge Cells option from the Table menu. 2. To split a cell, select the cell and select Split Cells from the Table menu. 3. To split the table, position the cursor from which the table should split and select Split Table from Table menu. Formatting Table with AutoFormat : 1. Position the cursor inside the table and select Table Auto format from Table menu. 2. Select the desired format from the format list and click OK, the table will be formatted to selected format. Adjusting row height & column width : 1. To adjust row height hold the row sizing handle on the vertical ruler and drag to the required size. 2. To adjust column width hold the column sizing handle on the horizontal ruler and drag to the required size. 3. Auto Fit option from Table menu sizes the columns as per the contents typed in or as per the window with respect to left and right indents. The columns and rows are adjusted to equal width or height respectively. Printing Table Headings on every page : 1. Select the Heading Row of the table. 2. Select Repeat Heading Row from the table menu. When the table is extending more than one page, Heading Row is repeated at the top of every page.

Converting Text into Table & Table into Text : 1. To convert the text typed with tab key or comma, select the entire text and select convert text to table from Table menu. 2. To convert the table into text, select the table and select convert table to text from Table menu. Sorting data entered in table : 1. To sort the data, select the column to which order the data to be sorted and select sort from Table menu.

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