Merging Cells : Ribbon Option

Select the cells you want to merge from the ribbon, select the layout command tab in the merge group, click merge cells the selected cells are merged.

Menu Option Merging Cells: Quick

Select the cells you want to merge Right click within the selected cells select merge cells the selected cells are merged.

Merging Cells

Cells can be merged either from the Quick Menu or the Ribbon.

Merging and Splitting Table Cells

When working with tables, you may occasionally want to merge two or more cells, or split one cell into multiple cells. Word makes this easy.

Cnahing Table Position Table Properties Option

Select the table by clicking the table move handle located near the table's upper left corner Form the layout tab, in the table group, click table properties or right click inside the table select table properties the table properties dialog box appears.

Changing Table Position

Tables are automatically aligned to the left margin of the page. However, tables can also be positioned along the right margin, in the center, or set at a specific distance from the left margin. You can adjust table placement using the Table Properties dialog box box or the indent option.

Setting Margins

text in a table cell Note: To alter table placement within the document, refer to Changing Table Position.Setting Margins Just as with page margins, cell margins refer to the space around

Repeating Tows on Subsequent Pages

If your table spans more than one page, you may want to repeat the heading row(s) on each page of the table. This makes columns easier to identify.

Table Options Creating Heading Rows

To identify the content of each column in a table, you may want to use the top row of your table as a headingg row. To create a headingg row, simply type the appropriate column heading in each cell across the toprow and, if desired, use unique formatting to distnguish the text (e.g., bold or all caps).

Creating a Table from Existing Text

The convert text to table feature allows you to create a table from existing text. You specify how columns are defined based on separators (i.e., recurring symbols or breaks) in your text. For example, if strings of text are separated by commas, each such string would be converted into a separate column. Paragraphs generally indicate rows.

Adding Information to the Table

you can add any text or objects to table cells that you could add to the document outside the table. To place information in separate dells, however, you will need to move your insertion point from cell to cell in the table, To move from one cell to another, use one of the following methods:

Creating a table : Insert Option

Place the insertion point where you want the table to appear From the Insert tab, in the tables group, click table the table sub-menu appears. select insert table the insert table dialog box appears. under table size, type a value or use the nudge buttons to specify the numver of columns and rows to specify column width, under autofut behavioru , select fixed clumn width and ype a value or use the nudge buttons to specjify the desired size to allow the table to expand as you typw under autofut behavior, select autofit to contents.

Creating a Table : Drag Option

;Place the insertion point were you want the table to appear From the insert tabk, in the Tables group, click table the table sub-menu appears. Select the appropriate dimensions by dragging yoru mouse in the table grid An empty tale appears on your screen and you are ready to begin adding information.

Creating a Table: Quick Tables

Word provides severeal preformatted tables which can easily be insertd with the Quick Table option.

Table Basics

A table is a grid of cells with individual cell occurring at the intersection of correspoding rows and columns. Tables are highly customizable and are useful for a variety of tasks, from presenting numerical data to creating unique text layouts.

Changing the Starting Mumber

Select the numvered list On the Home command tab, in the Paragraph group, click on the Numbering buttton The Numbered list pull-down menu appears. In Select Set Numbering Value The set numbering value dialog box appears. In the Set value to scroll box, type or use the nudge buttons to select the numver to start the numbered list Click Ok.

Customizing Numbered Lists

Customizing your numbered list allows you to have a wider variety of styles for numbers. Word provides several different ways of customizing your numbers in order to create an effective numbered list. The following instructions assume that a numbered list has already been created.

Adding Shading

Perhaps you want to add information to a step but do not want to create a separate list item. Using this simple keystroke will place your insertion point on the next line without a number appearing.

Applying Bullets as you Type

When you are ready to add bulleted text to your document, use the following steps: Place the insertion point where you want the bullets to begin In the Hom command tab, in the Paragraph group, click Bullets Note: Word inserts the first bullet and moves the insertion point a quarter inch to the right, where you can begin typing text.