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In addition to changing the records within
a table, you can also customize the way that

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the table looks.

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And this can help to make the table easier
to read.

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The first thing we're going to do is resize
the cells.

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In this example, the Description field is
too wide, and I want to adjust it so it will

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fit on the.

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To change the width of a field, just hover
over a gridline… and you should see the

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cursor change to a cross with arrows.

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And then click and drag until the width looks
right.

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The problem with this is that now the descriptions
get cut off.

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So I need to make the rows taller so I can
see the entire description for each item…

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and you'll notice that when you change the
row height, all of the rows in the table will

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change to be the same height.

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Sometimes, you'll have some extra fields that
you don't really need to see all the time,

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and you can just hide them so that you can
focus on the fields that you want.

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Just right-click the field name… and select
Hide Fields.

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If you want to show them again, right-click
any of the field names and go to Unhide Fields…

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and you'll be able to select the ones that
you want to see.

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Normally, the row colors will alternate between
white and some other color, and this helps

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to make it easier to read.

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If you want, you can change the color by going
to the Alternate Row Color drop-down arrow…

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and that's found on the Home tab in the Text
Formatting group.

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And you'll probably want to choose a light
color so the text will have plenty of contrast.

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You can also control which gridlines are shown…
and you can even have no gridlines at all.

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I'll go with the horizontal gridlines.

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And finally, In the bottom-right corner of
the Text Formatting group, you can click this

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little arrow to go to the Datasheet Formatting
dialog box.

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And here you have some other formatting options
that you can choose, including background

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color… and gridline color.

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And you can see a preview of the formatting
here.

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So experiment with the different formatting
options, to create the view you're most comfortable

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with.