Well really that's all any cell is: a tiny document.
Yet, like the document itself, you'll want the information in the tables to be well presented. To do so, just click a cell and start typing. Naturally, you're going to want some kind of information in your table, either text or numbers or other objects. You can move each one anywhere in the document, and manipulate each one independently. Once a table has been split, both are completely independent. Choose the number of rows and columns in the dialogue box and click OK. To split a cell, right click on it and select ‘Split Cells' from the menu bar. Not only can you split individual cells into more cells, you can also separate entire tables into more tables. Since we'd like to remove an entire row, we'll select that and click OK.Īnother way to delete cells, rows or columns is to select the offending cells and click ‘Table', ' When you do that, a dialogue box will open and ask you how you'd like to handle the remaining cells. There are two ways to delete cells, rows, or columns.įirst, you must select the cell, or cells you'd like to delete. You can delete a single cell, several cells, or an entire row or column. Whether to shift the cells to the right or left, up or down.
Interested in learning more? Why not take an online MS Word 2003 course? Deleting Cellsīecause deleting cells will change the layout of the table, you have to tell Word how to handle it. The selected cells are black, and we've clicked the right mouse button to see the menu. In this instance, we've already merged the three cells in the top left of our table and are in the process of merging the three in the lower left. Once the cells are selected, right click on them and select ‘Merge Cells' from the menu. But to select several cells, you click and hold on one and drag your mouse through the others. To select a single cell, you just click it. To merge any number of cells, you must first select them. When you merge cells, the content of the individual cells will be combined, so you must be careful. In this case, we selected the cell that contained "Yet you look aslant" and chose to add a row above it. To insert a row, click ‘Table', ‘Insert' and ‘Rows Above' or ‘Rows Below'. In this case, our selected cell was "and the other is dreary and wan." This shifts the selected column to the right and inserts empty cells. In this example, we've chosen to insert columns to the left of our selected column. You can insert columns to the right or left of a selected cell by clicking ‘Table', ‘Insert' and the appropriate command. Adding Rows and ColumnsĪs we said before, once a table has been created, you can manipulate it to suit your needs. Click and hold that handle and drag the table to any position on the page. Position the cursor over any cell in the table and the handle appears in the upper left hand corner. MS Word 2003 treats a table like any other non-text object, so you can move it around like one.