The Table Tools tabs appear when you select a table row, column, or cell in a table. Under Table Tools, the Design and Layout tabs provide tools for working with tables, such as changing the visual layout of a table or inserting and deleting columns, rows, or cells. The following videos show how to display the Table Tools tabs and give a brief overview of some of the functions that are found on the Design and Layout tabs.

Show the Table Tools

Play Demo  See how to insert a table and make Table Tools appear.

What is on the Design tab?

Play Demo  See how to apply and control table styles, shade a cell, or apply a border from the Design tab.

What is on the Layout tab?

Play Demo  See how to insert or delete cells, columns, or rows, automatically size columns, sort data in a table, merge or split cells, and convert a table to text from the Layout tab.

More Resources

The following resources address more specific table issues:

• Demo: Work with tables in a document, presentation, or message
• Convert text to a table or vice versa
• Insert a table by using Quick Tables
• Insert a blank line before a table
• Repeat a table heading on subsequent pages
• Add a cell, row, or column to a table
• Watch this: Merge and split table cells in Word 2007
• Watch this: Sort data in a Word 2007 table
• Watch this: Display or hide table gridlines in Word 2007

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