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Unit 8: Microsoft Word-II

Notes
Figure 8.5: Table

8.5.1 Designing Tables

In Word, you can use the table drawing tools to edit it. With your table selected, click the
Tables and Borders button on the Standard toolbar to display the Tables and Borders
toolbar. To add lines to your table, click the Draw Table button and draw horizontal and
vertical lines to split table cells in two or draw diagonal lines across a cell. To join two
or more cells to make one large cell select the Eraser tool and draw across the line between
the cells.

To manually change the width of a table or column after you’ve created
it, use the mouse to place the pointer over the vertical line you want to
move. When the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow, drag the line
to the position you want it in the table.

8.5.2 Table Headings
When you have a table with lots of narrow columns, it can be difficult to use long headings
because they don’t display properly. The Tables and Borders toolbar includes a Change Text
Direction button which lets you rotate the text in a cell so that it appears either horizontal
or in one of two vertical directions. Choose one of the vertical options to rotate even very
long column headings to fit a narrow column width.
If a table consumes more than one page of your document it is useful to have the table
headings repeated at the top of the second and subsequent pages so you can read the
headings once you print the document. To do this, select the table rows that comprise the

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