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2007 07 Tables

The document discusses how tables can be used to organize information in a variety of contexts like newspapers, magazines, and scientific papers. It provides examples of different types of tables and instructions on how to create tables in Microsoft Word, including merging and splitting cells. Learners are tasked with matching examples of table uses to contexts and creating tables based on given prompts.

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2007 07 Tables

The document discusses how tables can be used to organize information in a variety of contexts like newspapers, magazines, and scientific papers. It provides examples of different types of tables and instructions on how to create tables in Microsoft Word, including merging and splitting cells. Learners are tasked with matching examples of table uses to contexts and creating tables based on given prompts.

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07 Tables ORB Education. Visit http://www.orbedu.com for a range of quality teaching materials.

Tables are an extremely useful tool. They can be used to set out columns of information, organize pictures on a page or create borders
around sections of work. Although all of these tasks can be achieved using other methods, tables remain a popular way of producing
good results.

Task 1
Link each of the following jobs to the table that might be used for the task.


a. Set out newspaper
columns
b. Organize
photographs
c. Format headings
and paragraphs
d. Write a chemical
equation


e. Layout a
magazine page
1.






2.



+





3.



4.









5.










Task 2 Creating a Table

a. Open a new page in Microsoft Word. Type your headings and start a new paragraph.

b. Click on the Insert tab then on the Table icon. Use your mouse pointer to select a 3x3 table then click on the bottom-left
corner square (in this case, it is 3 squares across and 3 squares down).



c. A table like the one below should appear.





d. Hold your mouse over the 3
rd
horizontal line so that the cursor changes (see below). Click and hold the left mouse button.


3 rows
3 columns
Cells (there
are 9 of them)
Tables
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e. Drag the mouse pointer about 2cm down the screen then release the mouse button. The second row of the table should now
be larger.




f. Continue to drag rows and columns until you have a table similar to the one shown below.




g. Place your mouse pointer in the top left cell. Click and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the mouse pointer down to
the bottom left cell and release the button. The 3 cells in the first column should be selected as shown.



h. Click on Merge Cells in the Merge group of the Layout tab.




i. The table should now be similar to the one shown below.




j. Place your mouse pointer in the center cell. Click on Split Cells in the Merge group of the Layout tab. Select 2 columns
and 2 rows in the selection boxes and click on OK. The table should now appear like the one below. Save your page as
Tables.




Task 3 Further Practice

Use the tools described above to create each of the 5 tables in Task 1. Create a space after each table so that Word does not try and
join them together. You can create space in between by pressing the Enter key a few times. Save your work.

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