Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac: Visual QuickStart Guide

7. Creating Tables

In This Chapter

Creating a Basic Table 132

Creating a Table from Scratch 133

Editing the Table Structure 134

Entering Data 136

Aligning Table Data 137

Working with Numeric Data 138

Deleting Cells 139

Merging and Splitting Cells 140

Adding Rows and Columns 141

Nesting Tables 142

Borders and Cell Shading 143

Converting Text to a Table 144

It’s easy to create tables in Word documents. With little effort, you can create and begin entering information into a table. Tables can be included in sales reports, research projects, or data analyses. Or a table can consist of just a list of names and phone numbers. I’ll discuss the simplest means of creating tables first and then move on to building more complex tables. Note that ...