Five Ways to make A Table;
Keystrokes to Help You Move Around In Tables
FIVE ways to make a Table:
Insert Ribbon: Table ®Insert®Table
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Draw Table
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Convert Text to Table (select the text, and click on Table, and then Convert Text to Table)
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Type + [type spaces]+[type spaces+ and press Enter. The spaces indicate the width of the columns. This only works if under Tools, AutoCorrect Options, under AutoFormat as you type, the box beside Tables is checked.
Keystrokes to Help You Move Around In Tables
Certain keys won't work the way you expect them to when you're working with tables. For example, pressing ENTER doesn't take you to the next column or row; instead, it adds a new blank line in the current cell. Here are the keystrokes to move from cell to cell in your Word tables
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To move
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Press
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To the next column (on the right)
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The TAB key
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To the previous column (on the left)
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SHIFT+TAB
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To the cell in the next row (one row down)
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The DOWN ARROW key
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To the cell in the previous row (one row up)
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The UP ARROW key
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To the beginning of a cell entry
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HOME (or CTRL+LEFT ARROW)
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To the end of a cell entry
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END (or CTRL+RIGHT ARROW)
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