I'm creating an invoice for a pasta company, and
I've entered all of the data,
but it still feels like something's missing.
I think if it had some more color it would look a
lot better and feel more unified.
Tables are a great way of doing this because they
allow you to quickly
change the background colors, borders, and font colors at the same time.
To get started, select the cells that you want to
include in your table,
and then go to Format as Table.
And you'll see a list of all of the built-in styles.
And I think this one looks good.
If you want your table to have headers, then make
sure this box is checked.
And here you can also change the selection if you
need to.
And then click OK.
And there's our table! It already looks a lot
better, and we can
make some more changes to by clicking on it and then going to the Design
tab.
Let's say I needed to add a few more items to this
invoice,
and I want to make sure they are also included as part of this table.
All I have to do is click Resize Table, and then
select a new range for the table.
And make sure to include the original cells in
your selection.
You can also resize the table by just clicking and
dragging the bottom-right corner.
I think I'd like to try some different colors,
so I'll just go up to the Table Styles group and pick a different style.
Next to the Styles, you have several different options to fine-tune the look of your table.
I'll just click the Last Column checkbox to emphasize that column.
And I'll also add a Total Row.
You'll probably need to experiment with these a
little bit because
they can look very different depending on which table style you're using.
There's one more feature I'd like you to notice.
Whenever you create a table, it will automatically add a
Sort & Filter drop-down arrow on each column.
This makes it easier to organize the data within
the table.
So in addition to making your data look better, tables can also make it easier to manage.