Troubleshoot tables

Only text in text placeholders (placeholders: Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables, and pictures.) appears in the Outline tab. Text in tables, AutoShapes (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes such basic shapes as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), and other drawing objects (drawing object: Any graphic you draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt.) doesn't appear in the Outline tab.

When you add a picture (picture: A file (such as a metafile) that you can ungroup and manipulate as two or more objects, or a file that stays as a single object (such as bitmaps).) to a table, it is layered on top of the table — it does not become part of the table. After you add the picture, you can resize it to make it look like it fits. To resize a picture, drag the picture's sizing handles (sizing handle: One of the small circles or squares that appears at the corners and sides of a selected object. You drag these handles to change the size of the object.) to a new location.

When you add a picture as a fill effect, it is resized to fit the cell, and may be distorted. To eliminate the distortion, you can resize the cell or table. To resize a cell, drag a column or row boundary to a new location. To resize the table, drag the table's sizing handles to a new location.