Project 4: Report
Table Tasks

To Select -

Do one of these -

cell

• Click on left edge of cell
• Drag through the cell past the end-of-cell mark
•  Use TAB to move into the cell from another cell
•    Table  |  Select   |  Cell

The  whole cell is selected if the end-of-cell mark is included in the highlight.

text in a cell

Position cursor at one end of text to select and ...

• Hold SHIFT down and click at other end of text to select
•  Use arrow keys to move cursor to other end of text to select.

multiple cells

• Drag across cells
• Click in first cell, hold SHIFT down, and click in last cell. All cells between will be selected.
•  Move cursor to first cell, hold SHIFT down, and use arrow keys to move to last cell. All cells between will be selected.

row

• Click at left edge of row when pointer has the selection arrow shape.
•   Table   |  Select Row 
•    Table  |  Select   |  Row

The whole row is selected when the end-of-row mark is included in the highlight.

column

• Click at top of column when pointer has the down arrow shape
•   Table   |  Select Column 
•    Table  |  Select   |  Column

multiple rows or columns

Adjacent rows or columns: Select a row or column, hold down SHIFT and...

• Click on another. All between are selected. You can't skip over one.
•  Use arrow keys to move to last to select.

Non-adjacent rows or columns: Select a row or column, hold the CTRL key down while selecting non-adjacent rows or columns.

whole table

• Drag to select all rows in the table, including all end-of-row marks 
•  Click in table and press ALT + 5 on the numeric keypad with NumLock off . 
•   Table   |  Select Table 
•    Table  |  Select   |  Table 

 To Navigate to location with keys-

to next cell

TAB

to preceding cell

SHIFT + TAB

text to tab stop inside cell

CTRL + TAB

to another row

Up or Down arrow key

to first cell in row

ALT + HOME

to last cell in row

ALT + END

to first cell in column

ALT + PAGE UP

to last cell in column

ALT + PAGE DOWN

To Add -

new row

•  New row will be  above the selected row(s)
  • Click the Insert Row button.
  • Right click.  Insert Rows 
  •  Table  |  Insert Rows   
     
•     Table   |   Insert  |   Rows...  | either   Rows Above   or     Rows Below   

If multiple rows are selected, that's how many will be created.

new row below last row 

 With cursor in last cell of last row, press TAB. A new row appears below the previous last row in the table, with the same formatting.

new column

•  Select a column- New column will be on left of the selected column(s).
  • Click   Insert Column button.
  • Right click.   Insert Columns  
  •  Table  |  Insert Columns  

•    Table   |  Insert    |  Columns...    |    Columns to the Left   or   Columns to the Right 

If multiple columns are selected, that's how many will be created.

text before table at beginning of document

• Press ENTER while cursor is at the very beginning of the first cell.
•   Move the table down the page by dragging  the Move handle.

a new paragraph inside an cell

ENTER

To Move or Copy -

cell

Select cell...

• Cut or copy; move cursor to new cell; paste. Replaces contents of cell at new location. 
• Drag and drop (to move)
• Right drag and drop; select Copy Here or Move Here.

contents of cell(s)

Select cell contents...

• Cut or copy; move cursor to new cell; paste. Added to contents of cell at new location unless you selected the whole new cell. 
• Drag and drop
• Right drag and drop; select Copy Here or Move Here.

If you want to copy or move more than one paragraph from a cell as regular text instead of as a table cell, do not include the end-of-cell mark in your selection. 

row (s)

Select row(s)...

• Cut or copy; move cursor to new location; paste.
• Drag and drop to new location
• Right drag and drop; select Copy Here or Move Here.

columns(s)

Select column(s)...

• Cut or copy; move cursor to new location; paste.
• Drag and drop to new location
• Right drag and drop; select Copy Here or Move Here.

whole table

• Select the whole table, cut or copy and paste to new location.
• Select the whole table; right drag and drop; select Copy Here or Move Here.
•  Select the whole table and drag to new location, but there must be paragraphs there already.
•   Drag the table by  the Move Table handle to any area of the page, even if no paragraphs are there yet.

To Delete -

contents of a cell

Select the cell; press DELETE.

a cell

With cursor in the cell,

• Right click.   Delete Cells… 
•    Table  |  Delete Cells… 
•     Table  |  Delete   | Cells… 

In the Delete Cells dialog, choose whether to move other cells left or right, or delete whole row or whole column.

a row or column

Select the row or column (including the end of row mark for rows); from right click menu or from the Table menu, select   Delete row(s)  or  Delete column(s) . (Pressing the DELETE key just deletes the cell contents.)

contents only of table

Select all cells. Press DELETE.

the whole table and its contents

Select the table, including the end-of-row marks.

• Cut the table.  (The DELETE key won't do it! That just deletes the contents.)
•  Table  |  Delete Rows...  
•     Table  |  Delete   |  Table

To Size -

cell width & height

• Move pointer over grid line until it changes to or and then drag to change the cell size. 
•  Use dialog  Table  |  Cell Height and Width... 
•     Table  |   Table Properties...   Select tab Cell or Column and set the width. Select tab Row and set height.

Changing the dimensions of a cell changes the row and column that the cell is in.

row height

• Move pointer over grid line until it changes to  and then drag to change the height of the row.
•  Use dialog  Table  |  Cell Height and Width...  Setting the height will change height for the whole row.
•     Table  |   Table Properties...   Select tab Row and set the height.

column width

• Move pointer over grid line until it changes to and then drag to change the size of the column.
•  Use dialog  Table  |  Cell Height and Width...  Setting the width will change width for the whole column.
•     Table  |   Table Properties...   Select tab Column and set the width.

table width & height

• Resize columns or rows to change size of table.
•      Table   |  Table Properties...   Select tab Table and set the dimensions.
•   Drag  the Resize Table handle at the bottom right of the table. All rows and columns are adjusted proportionately.

Use the Distribute Evenly buttons to make make rows and columns the same size.