Introduction | Creating and Inserting a Table | Drawing a Table | The Tables & Borders Toolbar
Inserting Text & Images Into a Table | Modifying a Table

Creating a Table:
There are different methods you can use to insert a table into your Word document. If you are less experienced with tables, then you might want to consider using the "Insert Table" option. Otherwise, you can use "Draw Table," which lets you make a table by scratch by drawing it freehand using the Draw Table tool.

Insert Table:
In your document, place your cursor where you wish to insert a table. Then, go to the menu bar and select Table >> Insert >> Table.

After you make this selection, the "Insert Table" window will pop up.

Input the necessary information needed to create your table. Decide on a number of rows and columns. "AutoFit" refers to the space that the table takes up in your document. For your initial table, you might want to set the "Fixed column width" to "Auto." This sets the width to all of the columns in your table to an equal amount, and the table itself will take up the entire width of the document. When you have decided on all of your table options, click on the "OK" button. The table will then be automatically inserted into your document.

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