Understanding Tables and Cells

A Word table is made up of vertical columns and horizontal rowsa tabular format. A tabular format gives you flexibility to arrange text and graphics in an organized fashion using columns and rows. Tables enable you to enter and work with information in a self-contained grid. Information is entered into a table cell .

Cell A table cell is the intersection of a column and row.

Word makes it easy for you to create a table of any size with any number of columns and rows in your document and then edit it. In addition to editing text or graphics in a table, you have access to several formatting options related to the table itself, such as row and column attributes and the capability to easily add or delete rows and columns from the table.