word2007 Set Table Format Encyclopedia

word2007 Set table format Encyclopedia

Word2007 format an entire table using table styles

After you create a table, you can use table styles to format the entire table. You can preview the appearance of a table by resting the pointer on each of the preformatted table styles.

1. Click inside the table you want to format.

2. Under Table Tools, click the Design tab.

3. In the table Styles group, rest the pointer on each table style until you find the style you want to use.

Note: To see more styles, click the other arrow.

4. Click the style to apply it to the table.

5. In the table style Options group, select or clear the check box next to each table element to apply or remove the selected style.

Word2007 Add or remove borders

You can add or remove borders and set the table to the format you want.

Add a table border

1. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

2. In the table group, click Select, and then click Select Table.

3. Under Table Tools, click the Design tab.

4. In the Table Styles group, click Borders, and then do one of the following:

Click one of the predefined border sets.

Click Borders and Shading, click the Borders tab, and then select the options you want.

Delete a table border across a table

1. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

2. In the table group, click Select, and then click Select Table.

3. Under Table Tools, click the Design tab.

4. In the Table Styles group, click Borders, and then click No borders.

Add a table border to the specified cells only

1. On the Start tab, in the Paragraph group, click Show/Hide.

2. Select the cell you want, including the end cell marker.

3. Under Table Tools, click the Design tab.

4. In the Table Styles group, click Borders, and then click the border that you want to add.

Delete only the table border of the specified cell

1. On the Start tab, in the Paragraph group, click Show/Hide.

2. Select the cell you want, including the end cell marker.

3. Under Table Tools, click the Design tab.

4. In the Table Styles group, click Borders, and then click No borders.

Word2007 Show or hide gridlines

When a table does not have a border applied, gridlines display the cell boundaries of the table on the screen. If you hide the gridlines for a table that has borders, you will not see the changes because the gridlines are behind the border. To view gridlines, remove the border.

Unlike borders, gridlines are displayed only on the screen, and they are never printed. If you turn off gridlines, the table appears the same as the print result.

Note: When you are in a Web browser Web browser: Software that interprets HTML files, formats them as Web pages, and displays them. Web browsers such as Windows Internet Explorer can access hyperlinks, transfer files, and play sound or video files that are embedded in a Web page. or print preview, gridlines are not visible when you view the document.

Show or hide grid lines in a document

Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the table group, click View Gridlines.

Word2007 add cells, rows, or columns

Add cells

1. Click inside the cell to the right or top of the cell where you want to insert it.

2. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, click the Rows and Columns dialog Box Launcher.

3. Click one of the following options:

Add rows

1. Click inside the cell below or above where you want to add the row.

2. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

3. Do one of the following:

To add a row above the cell that you clicked, in the Rows and columns group, click Insert above.

To add a row below the cell you clicked, in the Rows and columns group, click Insert below.

Adding columns

1. Click inside the cell to the right or left of the column you want to add.

2. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

3. Do one of the following:

To add a column to the left of the cell you clicked, in the Rows and columns group, click Insert Left.

To add a column to the right of the cell you clicked, in the Rows and columns group, click Insert Right.

Word2007 Delete cells, rows, or columns

1. Do one of the following:

2. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

3. In the Rows and columns group, click Delete, and then click Delete Cells, delete rows, or delete columns, as needed.

Word2007 Merge or split cells

Merging cells

You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into one cell. For example, you can merge multiple cells horizontally to create a table heading that spans multiple columns.

1. You can select the cells you want to merge by clicking the left edge of the cell and then dragging the mouse over the other cells that you want.

2. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the merge group, click Merge Cells.

Split Cells

1. Click within a single cell, or select multiple cells to split.

2. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the merge group, click Split Cells.

3. Enter the number of columns or rows you want to split the selected cells into.

Word2007 Repeat table headers on the following page

When working with a very lengthy table, the table appears in the position of page breaks (page breaks: The end of the previous page and the beginning of the next page). Microsoft Word can insert an automatic page break (or soft page break) or force pagination at a specified location by inserting a manual page break (or a hard page break). ) where paging. You can adjust the table so that the title of the table can be repeated on each page.

Duplicate table headings are only in Print Layout view Page view: A view of a document or other object, just like the printing effect. For example, items such as headers, footers, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions. ) and is visible when you print the document.

1. Select the header row. The selection must contain the first row of the table.

2. Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, in the Data group, click Repeat header row.

Note: Word automatically repeats the table headers on each new page generated by the automatic page break. If you insert a manual page break in a table, Word does not repeat the title.

Word2007 control the location of page pagination

When working with very lengthy tables, the table must be in the position where page breaks (page breaks: The end of the previous page and the beginning of the next page) appear. Microsoft Word can insert an automatic page break (or soft page break) or force pagination at a specified location by inserting a manual page break (or a hard page break). ) where paging. By default, if a page break appears in a large row, Microsoft Word allows page breaks to break the line into two pages.

You can make adjustments to the table to ensure that when the table spans multiple pages, the information can be displayed as you want.

Prevent a table from breaking across pages

1. Click inside the form.

2. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.

3. In the table group, click Properties, and then click the Rows tab.

4. Clear the Allow break across pages check box.

Force a table to break across pages on a specific line

1. Click within the line that you want to appear on the next page.

2. Press Ctrl+enter.