Work with text tables
You can use text tables to structure content in document, memos and externals.
What do you want to do?
- Insert a table
- Insert a row
- Insert a column
- Delete a table
- Delete a column or row
- Convert a table to text
Insert a table
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Make sure you are in edit mode.
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Click where you want to insert the table.
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On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Insert, and then click Insert Text Table.
The Insert Text Table dialog box opens.
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Select the required number of columns and rows.
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Click OK.
NOTE You cannot hide or format table borders.
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of PageInsert a row
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Make sure you are in edit mode.
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Click in the row below the one you want to add.
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On the Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click Insert, and then click Insert Row.
Insert a column
- Make sure you are in edit mode.
- Click in the column to the right of the one you want to add.
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On the Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click Insert, and then click Insert Column.
Delete a table
- Make sure you are in edit mode.
- Click in the table.
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On the Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click Delete, and then click Delete Text Table.
Delete a column or row
- Make sure you are in edit mode.
- Click in the column or row you want to delete.
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On the Layout tab, in the Rows & Columns group, click Delete, and then click Delete Columns or Delete Rows.
Convert a table to text
- Make sure you are in edit mode
- Click in the table.
- On the Layout tab, in the Tools group, click Convert to Text.
The table is converted to tab-separated text.