using regular text to compose your
document is fine in most cases for
something that requires more
organization though you might want to
try a table instead this will help you
type your content into columns and rows
rather than lines of text to insert a
table all you have to do is go to insert
table then move over the grid to select
the number of cells you want my tables
going to be pretty big seven columns by
five rows now click and you can start
entering your data to select a cell you
can either use your mouse or the arrow
keys on your keyboard right now I'm
using the down arrow to make my way down
this column adding more columns or rows
to a table is easy I'd like to try
inserting one above the row that starts
with dylon so I'm going to right click
and here you can insert a row above or
below wherever your cursor is or a
column to the left or right if we click
insert row above a row appears above the
dillan row remember that's where my
cursor was alternatively if you want to
delete a row or column all you have to
do is select a cell in the range you
want to delete now right-click then make
your selection from the menu
let's fast forward to the finished table
with the entire schedule filled in now
that the dad is complete I thought we'd
take a look at some of the ways you can
format your table in Google Docs for
example you can modify your cell
dimensions by clicking and dragging the
borders in between see how the symbol on
the cursor changes you can also change
the alignment of your text by selecting
the cells you want and then
experimenting with the alignment options
on the toolbar
centered looks best next I'd like to add
some color to my table by changing the
background and the borders to something
other than plain black and white with
your cells selected just right click
anywhere on the table then choose table
properties from the menu
here you can customize a couple
different things first I'm going to
change the background color to light
yellow
then I'm going to choose a different
color for the border
why it may seem like an unusual choice
but I think you'll see what I'm going
for in a minute to change the size of
the border click the drop down menu here
the default width is one point if we
choose something else like 2.25 the
border will be slightly thicker than
before so let's see what the table looks
like now
we're almost there I think I'd like to
experiment with some different
formatting on the top row to make it
look a little more like a header again
just select your cells then open the
table properties dialog box
now I'm going to select a different
color for the background
then change the vertical alignment so
the text is aligned precisely in the
center of the cell instead of the top or
the bottom
now click OK
I think that'll do it that looks pretty
good as you can see there are lots of
ways to use and customize tables in
Google Docs so they work for you and the
information you want to display
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