Create a table - PowerPoint - Microsoft Office Online

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Create a table

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Select the slide you want the table on.
Do one of the following:
Insert a basic table
1. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Insert Table .
2. Point to select the number of rows and columns you want and then click.
Draw a more complex table
1. If the Tables and Borders toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.) is not displayed, click Tables and Borders on the Standard toolbar.
2. Click Draw Table .
3. The pointer changes to a pencil.
4. To define the outer table boundaries, drag diagonally to the size you want. Then drag to create the column and row boundaries.
6. To erase a line, click Eraser and then click the line.

Show Tip

Microsoft PowerPoint comes with slide layouts that include 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.) for tables. To create a new slide by using one of these layouts, click New Slide on the Insert menu, and then select one of the layouts that contains a table placeholder.