How to Insert a Table in Microsoft Word

1. Choose “Insert Table…” from the Table Menu:

2. In the dialog box that comes up, choose the number of columns (horizontal) and rows. The example gives a four-column table (you can always increase or decrease the number of columns and rows later.)

3. The table will appear on your page, with borders. You can resize the columns just by dragging on the border lines.

4. There’s also a shortcut for inserting tables, which is to use the little button on the toolbar on the top of the screen:

The above illustration is the same as putting in a one-row, four-column table.

Using Tables

If you keep using the Tab key to move from cell to cell, the table will add new rows as necessary.

You can format each individual cell as you like.

The text in the cell will wrap to the borders of that cell.