Sometimes there will be need to present data and information in a tabular form while preparing reports along with the text. MS-Word provides a special feature called Table which helps to present the information in a tabular form.

1. Creating a Table: 

To create a table in a document, insert option from the table menu is selected and where the houser wants to insert the table and then Insert Table if is selected after clicking on Table from the menu bar. From the box, the user can specify the number of columns and rows and then click on OK to insert the table. A table consists of vertical columns and horizontal rows as shown above. The intersection of a column and a row is called a cell. Gridlines are displayed between the cells.

2. Entering text into Table:

After creating a table, the user can enter text by clicking on any cell. The Tab key can be used to move to the next cell.

3. Modifying Table:

After creating the table and entering the data. User can still perform various operations on the table, which are described below:

Inserting Rows and Columns:- 

To insert a row at the end of a table, the cursor is brought to the last cell and the tab is proceed, key. To insert a row within a table is brought the cursor to the row above which the new row has to appear and then the Insert Row option is selected from the Table menu bar.A new row gets inserted above the selected row. To insert a column, column option is selected from the Table menu and then the Insert Column option. A new column will be inserted to the left of the selected column.

Deleting Rows and Column:- 

To delete one or more contiguous rows in a table, the row(s) to be deleted and then are selected delete Rows options from the Table menu is selected. To delete one or more contiguous columns, the column(s) to be deleted and then are selected Delete Columns option from the Table menu is selected. To delete an entire table, the table is selected and then Delete Rows option is selected from the Table menu.

Changing column width:- To change the column width, when pointed the column boundary that is to be changed, the mouse pointer will become a horizontal double-headed arrow and the column boundary the desired width and the mouse button released.You can also change the column width by selecting the Column and then selecting the option Cell Height and Width from Table menu. Enter the desired width in the Width of Column text box and click on OK to change the column width of the selected column. 

Changing Row Height:-

To change height of a row, point the row boundary that you want to change, the mouse pointer will become a vertical down headed arrow. Then drag the row boundary to the desired height and then release the mouse button.You can also change the column width by selecting the Row and then selecting the option Cell Height and Width from Table menu. Enter the desired height in the Height of Row text box and click on OK to change the row height of the selected row.

4. Sort:

Using this option any column of the table can be sorted either on ascending or descending order. This is applicable only for the numerical values in the cells of the table.

5. Formula:

For numerical values, user may like to apply different mathematical operations. Using the ‘Formula’ feature of MS-WORD user can calculate the values and insert at the proper places. The column width can also be changed by selecting the column then the option cell width from the table menu. Desired width can be entered in the width of the column text box and clicked upon.