2007 Microsoft® Office System Step by Step, Second Edition

Key Points

• To vary the layout of a document, you can divide text into columns.

• If your data is simple, you can create the look of a table by using tabs to set up the data as a tabular list.

• Word comes with quick tables that you can use as a starting point for creating professional, easy-to-read table formats.

• If you have already created a table, you can format it quickly by applying a table style. You can enhance the style by applying text attributes, borders, and shading.

• Formulas that perform simple calculations are easy to build in Word. For more complex calculations, you can create an Excel worksheet and then insert the worksheet data as a table in the Word document.

• Tables are great tools for organizing different types of information on the page. ...