Chapter 4: Creating Tables and Forms

Overview

In the interest of clarity, you will want to display certain types of information in tables rather than in narrative paragraphs. In a table, individual items are easier to spot, and relationships between items are more obvious. With Word, you can use tabs to create simple tables, or you can design more complex and flexible tables using the commands on Word s Table menu. We cover both methods in this chapter. We also teach you how to set up forms. Like tables, forms lend a structure to information, but their purpose is to facilitate the entry of information rather than simply display it. Finally, we look at reference tables and indexes, which you might want to use in longer documents.

When you have finished this chapter, you will know how to:

• Create tabular lists

• Work with tables

• Use tables to structure text

• Work with forms

• Create reference tables

• Create indexes