Inserting tables and charts into your Word 2011for Mac documents help portray your information in a more visual and aesthetic way. Of course, they also have the added virtue of making a good impression while conveying important information.
*How To Add Row To Table In Word Mac
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Here are some general tips and hints for adjusting and fine-tuning tables created in Word 2011 for Mac:
Use a formula in a table in Word for Mac. Note: This article has done its job, and will be retiring soon. To prevent 'Page not found' woes, we're removing links we know about. To add or modify formulas in Word, you must open the Formula dialog box. In the Formula dialog box. You can refer to a table row, column, or cell in a formula.
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Adjusting row heights and column widths: Double-click row and column borders to automatically size rows and columns to fit their contents. You can easily adjust column width and row height by dragging borders, or dragging the table indicator marks in rulers.
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Selecting a range of cells: You can apply formatting to cell ranges—highlight more than one cell at a time by dragging inside the table with your mouse.
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Selecting one or more columns at a time: Position the mouse cursor at the top border of the table; it turns into a downward-pointing arrow. Click to select a single column, or click and drag to select multiple columns.
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Selecting one or more rows at a time: Position the mouse cursor at the left border of the table. It will turn into a rightward-pointing arrow. Click to select a single row or click and drag to select multiple rows.
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Selecting an entire table: Click the table handle to select the entire table.
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Table handle menu: If you right-click the table handle, a pop-up menu lists things that you can do with or to the entire table.
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Repositioning a table: Drag the table handle to reposition the table within the document.
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Captioning a table: Word has a built-in captioning system. If you choose Insert Caption from the table handle pop-up menu, you can get a sneak peek at the table Caption dialog.
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Converting selected text to a table: You can select a range of delimited text (in which the table elements are separated from each other by spaces, commas, or some other character) and convert it into a table. Choose Table→Convert→Convert Text to Table.
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Converting selected table to text: You can select a table in Word and turn it into plain old text. Choose Table→Convert→Convert Table to Text.
Using tables in Microsoft Word is a great way to document information in rows and columns. And knowing how many rows of data are in the table can be important. Some users have a narrow first column where they manually number the rows. But if rows are added or deleted, the numbers must be re-entered. What a pain. Well, good news! We can have Word number rows in a Word table and have the numbers automatically update when adding and deleting rows.○ Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. ○Two Ways to Number Word Tables
There are two ways we number rows in a Word table: Create a numbers-only column, or number a column with data. For both of these methods, we'll follow these three steps: 1) select the column of data 2) select the numbering format 3) reduce the left indent to reclaim some table space.
Don't miss Important Notes about Numbering Word Tables at the end of the tutorial.Select the Column Cells
Make sure that the Home tab on the Word ribbon is selected.
♦ If there are no rows that contain column headings, hover the cursor at the top of the column. When a black downward arrow appears, click to select (highlight) the column as shown in the image below. Alternately, you can right-click in any cell in the column and choose Select, then Column from the right-click menu.
♦ If the table does contain one or more header rows, place the cursor inside the top data row until you see a smaller angled arrow. Press the mouse button and move downward to select the rest of the cells in the column (see image). Select the Number Format
With the column cells selected, click the Numbering icon on the Paragraph section of the Home tab (second icon, top row), then click a number format on the dropdown menu. The images below show part of the menu and preview, when hovering, in our two tables.
After clicking on a number format, Word fills the column with sequential numbers. You'll notice that Word creates a large left indent, so let's reduce it.
Reduce the Left Indents
There are two indents to adjust: the First Line Indent and the Hanging Indent. And there are two ways to decrease the value of these indents.♦ Reduce Indents: Method #1
Step 1: Right-click on one of the numbers in the column, as shown below, to select all of the numbers. Just the numbers will highlight.How To Add Row To Table In Word Mac
Step 2: Select Adjust List Indents... from the Right-click menu as shown.
Step 3: Adjust indents and click OK. The first image shows the default indents. The second image shows our changes.
Here are our two tables after having reduced the First Line Indent and the Hanging Indent.
♦ Reduce Indents: Method #2
After selecting the column cells, you may see the tab on the document ruler. If so, you can adjust the indents by sliding the First Line Indent and the Hanging Indent to the left. Figures 1-3 show the ruler location of the two indent tabs, and our finished, resized column.Resize the Column
If the numbered list is in a column by itself and you have a limited number of rows, you may be able to make the column narrower. To do so, set the cursor on right column boundary until it becomes a resize cursor and click and hold while sliding to the left.Important Notes about Numbering Word Tables
CAUTION: Don't press the enter key to move to a new line inside a numbered cell. If the cell also contains text, Word will add a second numbered line right inside the cell! You can, however, press the Enter key to jump to a new line inside any of the other columns' cells.Microsoft Word Mac Add Row To Table
It is easier to manage complex tables if the table headers are separate from the data rows. For instance, selecting a column of data is easier if the headers are in a separate table. For existing tables, see How to Split a Word Table in Two.
We hope you have enjoyed our tutorial on numbering rows in a Microsoft Word table. Cheers!Microsoft Word Table Tutorial
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