Goodwill Community Foundation creating
opportunities for a better life
using regular text to create
is fine in most cases but for something
that requires more organization you
might want to try a table instead this
will let you enter your text in columns
and rows instead of lines or paragraphs
to create a table go to the insert tab
click the table command then mouse over
the grid to select the number of cells
you want my table is going to be pretty
big six rows by six columns now click
and that's all it takes you might need
to move your table to get it in the
right place on the slide you can also
resize it if you need to just place your
cursor on the edge click hold and drag
and then let go to change the size use
the sizing handles here now we can enter
of our text all you have to do is click
the cell you want then go ahead and
start typing
you can also use the tab key or the
arrow keys to navigate right now I'm
using the down arrow to make my way down
this first column adding more columns or
rows to a table is easy I'd like to try
inserting one under the row that starts
with mr. e to do this go up to the
Layout tab then look to the options in
the rows and columns group here you can
insert a row above or below your current
position or column to the left or the
right to delete a row or column the
steps are fairly similar first place
your cursor in one of your cells then
click the command that says delete in
this example we're going to delete the
row let's fast forward to the finished
table now that the data is filled in I
thought we'd take a closer look at the
Layout tab which appears anytime you
have your table selected the first thing
I'd like to do is make the table a
little bigger but instead of relying on
the sizing handles I'm going to adjust
the height of my current cell here then
click distribute rows to make the rows
even again next we're going to click the
edge of the table to select the entire
thing and then change the text alignment
using the commands in the alignment
group
I think centered looks the best finally
I'd like to combine these two cells into
one also known as merging this option is
useful if your table has data that spans
several different columns or rows all
you have to do is select the cells you
want then click the merge cells command
so this is
pretty good I think I'd like to change
some of the formatting now including the
colors in the borders we can do that
using the options on the design tab
notice how the table has a yellow color
scheme that matches the text on the
slide that's no accident
basically the table is already using a
table style that's designed to go with
our current theme to check out the other
styles open the drop-down menu then
mouse over the thumbnails for a preview
I'm looking for something with a nice
contrasting color scheme you can also
customize the way your table is laid out
using the table style options here these
let you control things like special
formatting in the first column and also
the header row these will all have a
different effect depending on your
current table style so you might need to
experiment to get the look you want you
may have noticed that this table doesn't
have borders between most of the cells
to add or change the border just select
the cells you want to modify then look
to the draw borders group here you can
select a line style line weight and also
a
your border when you're ready click the
drop-down arrow next to the borders
command then choose where you want the
border to go I want mine to go on the
inside which will place the border
between the cells as you can see there
are lots of ways to use and customize
tables and PowerPoint they can make your
data easier to understand and also add a
little extra something to your
presentation
you