1. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Microsoft Office Word
2010
Lesson 7: Using Tables
Courseware #: 3240

2. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Lesson 7 Objectives
• create tables • insert and delete
• enter items into tables cells, rows and columns
• adjust rows and columns • format tables
• merge and split cells • modify table properties
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3. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Modifying the Borders and Shading
• Under Table Tools, on Design tab, in Table Styles
group, click arrow for Borders
• Under Table Tools, on Design tab,
in Table Styles group, click arrow
for Shading
• Under Table Tools, on Design
tab, in Draw Borders group,
click to draw borders
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4. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (pp. 145-147)
•Re-open your Directory
file.
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5. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Manipulating Text in Cells
• To change horizontal or vertical alignment, under
Table Tools, on Layout tab, in Alignment group, click
command
• To change direction of text, under Table Tools, on
Layout tab, in Alignment group, click Text Direction
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6. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (p. 147)
•Re-open your Directory
file
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7. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Converting Text to a Table
• Convert text separated by tab
characters, commas or paragraph marks
• Characters place text in individual cells
for each column
• To convert to table format, select text
and then:
– On Insert tab, in Tables group, click Table and
click
Convert Text to Table
– on Insert tab, in Tables group, click Insert Table
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8. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (p. 148)
•Open the Popular Tours
Breakdown file. Save it
as Breakdown Table
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Converting a Table to Text
• To convert table into text format, click anywhere in
table. Then under Table Tools, on Layout tab, in
Data group, click Convert to Text
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10. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (p. 149)
•Re-open the Breakdown
Table. Save it as
Breakdown Table-
Commas
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11. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Sorting Data
• Sort text alphabetically or numerically from paragraphs, lists
created with tab characters, commas, or rows in a table
• Use up to three different criteria or order to sort columns by
• To sort regular text, on Home tab, in Paragraph group, click
Sort
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12. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Sorting Data
• To sort text in table, under Table Tools, on Layout tab, in Data
group, click Sort Sort by Choose which data to sort; column
headings display in list.
Type Choose type of data.
Using Select how data separated.
Order Select to sort in ascending or
descending order.
Then by Select next priority for sort.
My list Select if there are titles for each
has column.
Options Select how data organized if not
regular text or table format.
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13. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (pp. 151- 153)
•Open the Proposal for
Haunted Adventure
Tours and Tour Prices
Breakdown. Don’t save.
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14. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Summary of Lesson 7
• create tables • insert and delete
• enter items into tables cells, rows and columns
• adjust rows and columns • format tables
• merge and split cells • modify table properties
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15. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Review Questions
1. Explain the difference in appearance from a border and the gridline on
a table.
2. How can you create a new table?
3. If you want to insert a row between the title and the column headings
in the following table, in which row would you place the cursor?
4. Provide an example of when you would merge a cell.
5. What alignment options are available for text when working with
tables?
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