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Working with Tables

In this lesson, you will learn...

1. To format data in Excel as a table.

2. To modify Excel tables.

Working with tables in Excel 2016 can help you organize your data. In Excel, you can group data together into a
table and then manipulate that table.

Format Data as a Table

To format data in Excel as a table:

1. Highlight the data that you want to turn into a table.

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2. From the Home tab, in the Styles section, click Format as Table .

3. From the drop-down list, select a table style to apply.

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In the Format As Table dialog box, click OK .

Move between Tables and Ranges

When working in tables in Excel, you can select cells and cell ranges as you would within a worksheet, by clicking
to select a cell and clicking and dragging to select a worksheet.

However, to select rows and columns in a table, you need to click the left edge of the row or the top edge of the
column, respectively, when it turns to an arrow.

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Modify Tables

You can modify Excel tables in a number of different ways.

Add and Remove Cells within a Table

To insert or remove rows or columns of cells within a table, select the row or column to be removed, right-click, and
select Insert or Delete .
Define Titles

By default when you create a table in Excel, titles are created by default; headers are turned into titles.

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To turn this feature off, from the Table Tools Design tab, in the Table Style Options group, uncheck the Header
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Band Rows and Columns
You can band rows and columns in an Excel table. To do this, select the TABLE TOOLS DESIGN tab and in the
Table Style Options group, check the check boxes to band rows or columns.

Remove Styles from Tables

You may want to remove styles that you applied to your Excel table.

To remove styles, select the Table Tools Design tab and in the Table Styles group, select the arrow to view more
options, and then select Clear .

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Exercise 19 Creating and Modifying a Table in Excel

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In this exercise, you will create an Excel table and

1. Open the Sales - Table.xlsx file from your Excel2016.2/Exercises folder.

2. Create a table that includes the data in all of the cells, using a style of your choice.

3. Now, remove the style that you chose.

Exercise Solution

1. Select the cell range of the data, so from A1:D4.

2. From the Home tab, in the Styles section, click Format as Table .

3. From the drop-down list, select a table style of your choice to apply.
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In the Format As Table dialog box, click OK .

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6. Save the workbook.

Conclusion

In this lesson, you have learned:

1. To format data in Excel as a table.

2. To modify Excel tables.