Word 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Word 2016

Lesson 5 – Working with Tables

number of columns and rows, based on the tabs and paragraph marks contained in the selected text.

Alternately, you can indicate the character you want to use as a text separator; Word uses the specified text separator as a column marker and determines the number of columns based on where the text separator occurs in the text you want to convert. Separate text at paragraph marks, tabs, or commas, or you can specify a different character.

In addition, the Convert Text to Table dialog box allows you to specify a fixed column width, AutoFit columns to the text typed within them, or AutoFit the table to the window.

Convert Text to Table dialog box

NOTE Word always creates a new row at each paragraph mark.

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P ROCEDURES

1. Select the text you want to convert into a table.

2. Select the Insert tab

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3. Select the Table button

in the Tables group.

4. Select the Convert Text to Table option.

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