MS Word 2010 – Lesson 8

 Word -
Rows & Columns
 Word -
Move a Table
 Word -
Resize a Table
 Word -
Merging Cells
 Word -
Split a Table
 Word -
Split Cells
 Rows & Columns in Word 2010
In this chapter, we will discuss how to work with rows and columns in Word
2010. As discussed in the previous chapter, a table is a structure of vertical
columns and horizontal rows with a cell at every intersection. A Word table
can contain as many as 63 columns but the number of rows is unlimited. This
chapter will teach you how to add and delete rows and columns in a table.

Add a Row
Following are the simple steps to add rows in a table of a word document.
Step 1 − Click a row where you want to add an additional row and then click
the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Now use the Row & Column group of buttons to add any row
below or above to the selected row. If you click the Insert Below button, it will
add a row just below the selected row as follows.
If you click the Insert Above button, it will add a row just above the selected
row.

Delete a Row
The following steps will help you delete rows from a table of a Word
document.
Step 1 − Click a row which you want to delete from the table and then click
the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.
Step 2 − Click the Layout tab, and then click the Delete Rows option under
the Delete Table Button to delete the selected row.
Add a Column
The following steps will help you add columns in a table of a Word document.
Step 1 − Click a column where you want to add an additional column and
then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Now use the Row & Column group of buttons to add any column to
the left or right of the selected column. If you click the Insert Left button, it will
add a column just left to the selected column as follows.
If you click the Insert Right button, it will add a column just next to the
selected column.

Delete a Column
Following are the simple steps to delete columns from a table of a word
document.
Step 1 − Click a column which you want to delete from the table and then
click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.
Step 2 − Click the Layout tab, and click the Delete Column option under
the Delete Table Button to delete the selected column.
 Move a Table in Word 2010

In this chapter, we will discuss how to move a table in Word 2010. Microsoft
Word allows to move a table from one location to another location along with
its content. This chapter will give you simple steps to move a table within the
same document, though you can move a table from one document to another
document using the cut and paste operation.

Move a Table
The following steps will help you move a table within the same Word
document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer over the table which you want to move
from one location to another location. As soon as you bring your mouse
pointer inside the table, a small Cross Icon will appear at the top-left corner
of the table as shown below.

Step 2 − Click over the small Cross Icon which will select the whole table.
Once the table is selected, use the Cut button or simply press the Ctrl +
X keys to cut the table from its original location.
Step 3 − Bring your insertion point at the location where you want to move
the table and use Paste button or simply press Ctrl + V keys to paste the
table at the new location.
 Resize a Table in Word 2010
In this chapter, we will discuss how to resize a table in Word 2010. Microsoft
Word allows to resize a table to make it smaller and bigger as per your
requirement.

Resize a Table
The following steps will help you resize a table available in a Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer over the table which you want to resize.
As soon as you bring your mouse pointer inside the table, a small Cross
Icon will appear at the top-left corner and a small Resize Icon will appear at
the bottom-right corner of the table as shown below.

Step 2 − Bring the mouse pointer over the Resize Icon till it changes to a
diagonal doublesided arrow and this is the time when you need to press the
left mouse button and keep holding the button while resizing the table. Drag
the table up to make it shorter or down to make it larger. You can drag the
table diagonally to simultaneously change both the width and the height of the
table.
 Merging Cells in Word 2010
In this chapter, we will discuss how to merge table cells in Word 2010.
Microsoft Word allows the merging of two or more cells to create one large
cell. You will frequently need to merge columns of the top row to create the
title of the table. You can merge cells either row-wise or column-wise, rather
you cannot merge cells diagonally. This chapter will teach you how to merge
multiple rows or columns.

Merging Cells
The following steps will help you merge table cells in a Word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position inside the first cell that you want
to merge. Now press the Shift key and click the cells around the cell which
you want to merge into the first cell. This will highlight the cells which you click
and they will be ready to be merged.

Step 2 − Now click the Layout tab and then click the Merge Cells button
which will merge all the selected cells.
After merging the cells, all the content of the cells will be scrambled which you
can fix later as you like. For example, you can convert the merged cells text
into title or some other description. For example, let us have center-aligned
and bigger font text as follows on top of the table.
 Split Cells in Word 2010
In this chapter, we will discuss how to split table cells in Word 2010. Microsoft
Word allows splitting a cell into multiple cells. We will understand how to split
a cell into multiple smaller sub-cells.

Split a Cell
The following steps will help you split a cell into two sub-cells of a table
available in word document.
Step 1 − Bring your mouse pointer position inside the cell that has to be
divided into multiple cells.

Step 2 − Now click the Layout tab and then click the Split Cells button; this
will display a dialog box asking for the number of rows and columns to be
created from the selected cell.
Step 3 − Select the desired number of rows and columns that have to go into
the resultant cell and finally click the OK button to apply the result.
You can divide a cell into multiple cells either row-wise or column-wise or
both.