Rainey Community ICT Classes

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Rainey Community ICT Classes

• ICT The Basics

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• Please log onto your computer

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Week 7Microsoft Word - Tables
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Lesson Objectives

• What is a table?
• Creating a table
• Adding rows and columns
• Deleting rows and columns
• Tables and borders
• Shading tables
• Auto format

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What is a table?

• A table is an object you can add to your document
  to help organise text and other content on a
  page.
• It's simply a container that works very much like
  a your cutlery drawer it provides separate space
  for each of your important items so that things
  are easy to find, and helps you fit more without
  crowding.

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A Table
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Parts of a table
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Parts of a table
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Parts of a table
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Creating a table

• To create a table use the table menu.
• Click insert table.
• Specify the number of rows and columns you need
  in your table.
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Everyone open a blank Microsoft Word document
• Create a table with 3 rows and 3 columns

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Adding text to a table

• Select the cell you want to enter text into by
  clicking in it.
• Begin typing your text
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Enter the following text into your table

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Adjusting the size of a table

• Click on the square box that appears at the
  bottom right hand side of the table.
• Drag the table to the desired size.
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Now make your table bigger

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Adjusting the size a table

• Rows
• Columns
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Make all the columns in your table smaller
• Make the rows in your table bigger

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Moving the table

• Moving the table to a different location on your
  page
• Select the table and drag
• Demonstration

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Formatting text in a table

• This is carried out in the exact same as
  formatting text
• Highlight your text and apply the formatting
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Make all the boys names in the table red and bold
• Make the numbers in the table blue and italics

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Adding a row or column

• Additional rows and columns can be added to a
  table after it has been created.
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Add a new column to the right of the Peter column
• Add a new row at the end of the table

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Deleting a row or column

• Due to changes in information tables may need to
  be modified.
• Rows and Columns can be deleted from a table
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Delete the last row and column you added to your
  table.

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Borders

• The borders both around the outside and inside of
  a table can be formatted.
• Thickness of the line
• Different colours of lines
• Different types of lines
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Apply a double line border to your table
• It should be red in colour
• The line should be 3pt in thickness

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Shading

• You can shade your whole table or parts of your
  table
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Shade the John column green
• Shade the Jack column yellow
• Shade the Peter column blue

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Auto format

• These are ready made templates which you can use
  when creating a table
• Demonstration

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• Exercise
• Apply the Table Columns 3 table style to your
  table
• Also have a look at all the other table style
  available

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• Exercise
• Complete Evercrease tourist report exercise.