Word 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Word 2016

Lesson 5 – Working with Tables

If necessary, turn off the borders in the table. Select the whole table, then select the Table Tools Design tab. Select the right-hand part of the Borders button in the Table Styles group, then select the No Border option.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Position the insertion point in any cell of the table. The insertion point moves to the new location. 2. Select the Layout tab under Table Tools . The Layout tab is displayed. 3. Select the View Gridlines button in the Table group to hide the gridlines. The gridlines are hidden. 4. Select the View Gridlines button in the Table group again to display the gridlines. The gridlines are displayed.

Click anywhere in the table, if necessary

Click Layout

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Practice the Concept: Make sure the gridlines are showing. View the document in Print Preview ; notice that the gridlines do not appear, even though they are displayed in the document. Then, close Print Preview .

Close TABLE1.DOCX.

U SING THE D RAW T ABLE F EATURE  D ISCUSSION

Use the mouse as a pencil to draw a table. Open the Draw Table feature from the Table button on the Insert tab. Also use this feature to add cells, columns, and rows to a table, in any dimensions you choose. Draw diagonal lines to define the outside table boundaries or to split cell content.

In addition, use the Draw Table feature to create a nested table. A nested table is a table that appears within a table cell. For instance, you might want to use a nested table if a document uses a table for its page layout and you want to use additional tables in the document. Tables are often used to organize side-by-side paragraphs of text in documents or web pages. Smaller,

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