Let's open the Insert tab and click on table.
The first thing that we need to do when creating a new table is to choose the number of rows and columns
that it will contain we can pick the number of rows and columns that will be added to the table either
from this scheme in which we can visualize a small table in front of us or instead by clicking on the
Insert table button below it allows us to type the number of rows and columns that the table will have.
There is no difference between these two methods that we will choose because the final output will be
the same.
Here is the table that we created.
Let's fill it with the first nine letters of the alphabet as this will allow us to provide some practical
examples
now that we've created the table.
We want to learn how to manage it according to our needs.
A table is mainly made of text by default.
All sections of text and a table use the same font and the same font size.
You can change the font characteristics of only one word the content of one cell or the text in all
cells depending on your needs to change the font of only one word.
A cell or of the whole table.
You need to first make the necessary selection then change the font or the font size of the selected
text.
Once we select a table.
The table Tools menu appears it consists of two tabs design and layout the design tab allows us to modify
the tables appearance.
There are a number of ready made table styles that we can choose from.
Once we click on one of them the tables layout is instantly modified
moreover we can decide whether we would like to emphasize one of the rows or columns of the table in
the table style options
if we would like to change the tables borders then we can do it from here.
We have to select the cells the borders of which we will modify and click on borders in order to choose
the type of border that will be applied to the selected cells.
Let's say that I would like to remove the borders of the last row of the table to do this.
I will select the entire last row and click on no border
as you can see the borders have disappeared.
We can customize the tables appearance by changing the color of some of its cells.
This could be done by selecting the cells and choosing a specific color with which they will be filled.
Let's change the color of the cells in the last row of the table to black.
Here we go the cells of the last row were colored in black.
The layout tab contains the options which will allow us to change the tables dimensions or number of
rows and columns.
For example we can easily add a new row to the table.
We have to select one of the tables current rows and specify whether we would like the new row to be
added above or below the row that we selected.
The same goes for columns we have to select a column and choose whether to insert a new column on the
right or on the left of it.
In order to delete a row or column we have to select it and use the delete button.
I'll select the second row of the table and click on delete rows.
As you can see the second row was erased.
We can modify the dimensions of cells within a table in two ways manually by selecting a cell's border
and dragging it.
The other option is to modify the exact dimensions from the layout menu.
We can set the exact height and width of the selected cells by typing it here as I am doing right now
the height and width of the entire table can be modified in the exact same way.
We can select it and modify its size by dragging its corners or by using the height and with buttons
that are on the right part of the layout tab when presenting ideas that include references to data.
It can be helpful to make the point of using a table such visualization makes the point much stronger
than simply describing the data the appropriate use of tables enhances the message that you are delivering
in the next section of this course.
We will see a practical example for the application of tables.
Thank you for watching.