Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft WordCreating a Table
To create a four-column, five-row table:
Creating a Table Using the Insert Table Icon
Note: The Insert Table icon does not display on the toolbar if your cursor is located on a table. If you cannot find the Insert table icon, move your cursor outside of the table.
Each block in a table is a cell. Use the Tab key to move between cells from left to right. Use Shift-Tab to move between cells from right to left. You can also move to a cell by clicking in the cell. In addition, you can move around the table by using the left, right, up, and down arrow keys.
To enter text into a table, simply type as you normally would. Press Tab to move to the next cell.
To perform a calculation in a table, position the insertion point in the cell where you want the result of the calculation to display. This cell should be empty. By default, Word assumes that you want to calculate the sum of cells immediately above or to the left of the cell where the insertion point is positioned. This default can be changed. In order to get the Average Exam Grade, first the Midterm and the Final Exam need to be added together, then divided by the number of exams, which in this example is 2. Before you can enter calculations, the layout of the table is important in entering the calculations. Here is the table layout for the table you have created.
=SUM(LEFT)/2
Selecting a Row and Bolding the Text
To enhance the title of your columns, you will select the first row of the table and bold all of the text on the row.
on the standard toolbar.You can align text in a table just like you do text in a paragraph. First you must select the text you wish to align, then chose the alignment icon on the standard toolbar. For this activity, you will right align the midterm, final, and average test exams.
Place your cursor in cell B2.
While holding down the left mouse key, drag across to D2, and down to D5.
Click the right align icon 
on
the standard toolbar.
The scores should now be aligned to the right side of the cell.
Note: All of the formatting options you learned about in previous lessons can be applied to cells in a table.
Adding a New Row to the End of the Table
You have a new student and need to add a new row to the table. The simplest way to add a new row is to move to the last column of the last row and press the Tab key. You can then type any additional text you need to add.
You can add a new row anywhere in the table. Microsoft Word adds new rows above your current row.
You can easily change the size of your column widths. In this exercise, you will first select the entire table and then you will adjust all the column widths.
Depending on your font, the first column of your table might not be wide enough and the text might be wrapping. To widen the first column:
Resizing Your Column Widths by Using the Width Indicator
You can resize your column widths by placing the cursor on the line that separates two columns. This will cause the width indicator to appear. After the width indicator appears, left-click and drag with the mouse to adjust the column width.
Adding a New Column to a Table
You can add new columns to your table. Microsoft Word adds new columns to the left of your current location. To add a new column between the Student Name and Midterm Exam columns:
Add another column to in between the Final Exam and Average Exam Column and call it 9-week average. Enter scores in this column to represent a 9-week grade. You will notice that the formula is no longer correct. We will fix that in a minute.
With Microsoft Word, it is easy to sort the data in your table. To sort your table data by Gender and within Gender by Student Name in ascending order:
You can delete columns from your table. To delete a column:
You can delete rows from your table. To delete a row:
Unlike a spreadsheet, Microsoft Word does not automatically recalculate every time you make a change to the table. To cause a function to recalculate, you must first move to the cell that contains the function and then press the F9 key. Alternatively, you can move to the cell that contains the function, right-click, and select Update Field from the context menu. Because you deleted a row in the previous exercise, your calculations are now incorrect. To recalculate:
Using Microsoft Word, you can merge cells: turn two or more cells into one cell. In this exercise, you are going to create a new row at the top of your table, merge the cells, and add a title to the table. You are going to create a new row at the top of your table, merge the cells, and add a title to the table.
If Microsoft Word splits your table with a page break, the table heading will display on the first page but not on subsequent pages. To correct this problem, you can designate rows as headings. Heading rows are repeated on the top of your table at the top of each page. To designate a row as a heading:
You can convert text to a table; however, a delimiter such as a comma, paragraph marker, or tab must separate columns of text. In the exercise that follows, you will convert comma-delimited text into a table.
With Microsoft Word, splitting a single table into two tables is easy. To separate the table you just created into two tables:
You should now have two tables.
You can use AutoFormats to easily apply borders, shading, special fonts, and color to your table. Microsoft Word lists all Formats in the Table AutoFormat dialog box. While in the Table AutoFormat dialog box, click on a format to see it displayed in the Preview box. You can customize how the format is applied. Check the features you want in the Formats to Apply and the Apply Special Formats To frames. Microsoft Word comes with a long list of AutoFormats.
To apply an AutoFormat to your Name, Age, and Sex table:
