Working with Tables


Word offers only a handful of keyboard shortcuts for working with tables, but most of them are well worth knowing.

Shortcuts for Working with Tables

Move to the next cell and select its contents

[Tab]

Press [Tab] to move to the next cell, automatically selecting its contents. (After pressing [Tab] , press to deselect the selection and move the insertion point to the beginning of the cell, or press to deselect the selection and move the insertion point to the end of the cell.)

If the current cell is the last cell in the table, pressing [Tab] adds a new row to the table after the current last row and selects the first cell in the new row.

Move to the previous cell and select its contents

[Shift] - [Tab]

Press [Shift] - [Tab] to move to the previous cell, automatically selecting its contents. (After pressing [Shift] - [Tab] , press to deselect the selection and move the insertion point to the beginning of the cell, or press to deselect the selection and move the insertion point to the end of the cell.)

Select all of the current table

[Alt] - [5] on the numeric keypad, with [Num{Lock] off

Use this shortcut when you need to manipulate all of a table. You can also use it when you need to move quickly to the beginning or end of the table: select all the table, and then press to collapse the selection to the beginning of the table or to collapse the selection to the end of the table.

Split the table at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [Enter]

Click to place the insertion point at the beginning of the row where you want to split the table, and then press this shortcut. This shortcut is the equivalent of the Table Split Table command.

Tip

Use this shortcut (or the Split Table command) when a document has a table as its first item, and you need to insert paragraphs above the table.

Update autoformatting on the selected table

[Ctrl] - [Alt] - [U]

You may need to update the autoformatting on a table after you add or delete rows, columns , or cells .




Windows XP and Office 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows XP and Office 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts
ISBN: 0072255005
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 117

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