Chapter 13: Organizing Concepts in Tables

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Overview

Word 2003 might surprise you with the flexibility it offers when it comes to creating tables. You can use the left-brained approach—planning your table, choosing the right number of columns and rows, and designing it to an exact specification—or you can use the right-brained approach—just click Draw Table on the Tables And Borders toolbar and draw what you want on the page.

Whichever table generation method suits your style best, Word complements the table creation basics with a wealth of special table features. You'll soon be able to apply styles to give your tables a professional look; search for and sort table information according to your specifications; easily add, delete, and reorder rows and columns; drag table data; create your own custom styles; and much more. This chapter sprints with you through the basics and spends some time on features you can use to really make your Word documents stand out.

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