Word 2016 Use a Table for That!

Word 2016

Lesson 2 – Editing a Table

 S TEP - BY -S TEP From the Student Data directory, open TABLENN.DOCX . Select a table cell, row, and column.

Display the table gridlines, if necessary.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Click in the blank space between the first character and the left gridline of

Click to the left of the text 125 lbs. (third row, second column)

the cell you want to select. The entire cell is selected.

2. Click in the row selection bar to the left of the row you want to select. The entire row is selected.

Click to the left of the Exer-Fit Stepper row

3. Click in the column selection bar

Click above the Product column

above the column you want to select. The entire column is selected.

Click anywhere in the document to deselect the cells.

Practice the Concept: Perform the following steps to select text in the table. Double-click to select the text Product in the first cell. Then, drag to select the text Life-Fit 805 in the first cell in the second row. Click anywhere in the document to deselect the text.

S ELECTING THE E NTIRE T ABLE  D ISCUSSION Sometimes you need to select the entire table to format it or edit the contents.

Selecting an entire table, you can perform several functions such as deleting information or formatting text, cells, rows, or columns.

NOTE Select a table by clicking the table move handle. The table move handle, a square containing a four-headed arrow, appears when you point to the upper, left corner of a table in Print Layout view. Also use the table move handle to move the table in the document.

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