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Office 2010 Made Simple
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Office 2010 Made Simple

by Guy Hart-Davis
August 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
730 pages
16h 29m
English
Apress
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Laying Out Material with Tables

When you need to lay out data in a regular grid, create a table. A table consists of cells, rectangular areas formed by the intersection of rows and columns. Each table can contain one or more rows and one or more columns.

NOTE: Excel uses the word table to mean a database created in a worksheet. Because Excel's worksheets have a grid structure, you don't need to create tables in them to lay out data the way you do in Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook.

Inserting a Table

When you need to insert a regular table, use the Table button in the Insert group on the Insert tab of the Ribbon. Figure 3–15 shows you what to do.

NOTE: Instead of using the grid on the Table panel, you can click the Insert Table command ...

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