Quick Tables are tables that are stored in galleries as building blocks. You can access and reuse Quick Tables at any time. If you frequently use a table with specific formatting, you can save a copy of the table in the Quick Tables gallery so that you don't need to recreate the table each time that you want to use it.
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Insert a table by using Quick Tables
- Click where you want to insert a table.
- On the Insert tab, in the Tables group, click Table.
- Point to Quick Tables, and then click the table that you want.
- If necessary, replace the placeholder data in the table with the data that you want.
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Add a table to the Quick Tables Gallery
- Click in the table that you want to add.
- Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.
- In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Table.
- On the Insert tab, in the Tables group, click Table.
- Point to Quick Tables, and then click Save Selection to Quick Tables Gallery.
- Fill out the information in the Create New Building Block dialog box:
- Name Type a unique name for the building block.
- Gallery Select Tables from the list.
- Category Select a category, such as General or Built-In, or create a new category.
- Description Type a description of the building block.
- Save in Click Building Blocks in the list.
You can select a different template in the Save in list if you want the table to be available in that template. A template must be open to be displayed in the list of template names.
- Options Choose one of the following:
- Select Insert in own paragraph to make the content into its own paragraph, even if the cursor is in the middle of a paragraph.
- Select Insert content in its own page to place the building block on a separate page with page breaks before and after the building block.
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I don't see any tables in the Quick Tables gallery
If you don't see any built-in table designs in the gallery or you can't access the gallery, building block add-ins may be unavailable. To make sure that built-in designs appear in all of the Microsoft Office Word 2007 building block galleries, do the following:
- Click the Microsoft Office Button
, and then click Word Options.
- Click Add-Ins.
- In the Manage list, select Disabled Items, and then click Go.
- Click Building Blocks.dotx, and then click Enable.
- Restart Word.
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