Once you create your table, you can enter text into cells just as you would in a paragraph, except pressing Tab moves you from cell to cell. As you type in a cell , text wraps to the next line, and the height of a row expands as you enter text that extends beyond the column width. The first row in the table is good for column headings, whereas the left-most column is good for row labels. Before you can modify a table, you need to know how to select the rows and columns of a table. Enter Text and Move Around a Table -
| The insertion point shows where text that you type will appear in a table. After you type text in a cell: | -
Press Enter to start a new paragraph within that cell. -
Press Tab to move the insertion point to the next cell to the right (or to the first cell in the next row). -
Press the arrow keys or click in a cell to move the insertion point to a new location. Select Table Elements Refer to this table for methods of selecting table elements, including: Did You Know? You can delete contents within a cell . Select the cells whose contents you want to delete, and then press Backspace or Delete. | Selecting Table Elements To Select | Do This | The entire table | Click next to the table, or click anywhere in the table, click the Table menu, point to Select, and then click Table. | One or more rows | Click in the left margin next to the first row you want to select, and then drag to select the rows you want. | One or more columns | Click just above the first column you want to select, and then drag with to select the columns you want. | The column or row with the insertion point | Click the Table menu, point to Select, and then click Column or Row. | A single cell | Drag a cell or click the cell with . | More than one cell | Drag with to select a group of cells. | | |