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Office 365 All-in-One For Dummies
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Office 365 All-in-One For Dummies

by Peter Weverka, Timothy L. Warner
June 2019
Beginner to intermediate
800 pages
20h 7m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

Constructing the Perfect Table

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Creating and formatting tables

Bullet Decorating a table with table styles, colors, and borders

Bullet Doing math calculations in a Word table

Bullet Discovering an assortment of table tricks

The best way to present a bunch of data at one time in Word is to do it in a table. Viewers can compare and contrast the data. They can compare Elvis sightings in different cities or income from different businesses. They can contrast the number of socks lost in different washing machine brands. A table is a great way to plead your case or defend your position. Readers can see right away whether the numbers back you up. They can refer to your table to get the information they need.

As everyone who has worked on tables knows, however, tables are a chore. Getting all the columns to fit, making columns and rows the right width and height, and editing the text in a table isn’t easy. This chapter explains how to create tables, enter text in tables, change the number and size of columns and rows, lay out tables, format tables, and do the math in tables. You’ll ...

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