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Create and customize table of contents

  • Table of contents. Hierarchy of headings.

  • Customization of table of contents.

  • Character styles. Maintaining a table of contents.


Table-: Table is a collection of Row Column & Cell. Row are the horizontal line and column are the vertical line. or A row is across, left to right, and a column is up and down. where ad cell is a intersection between row and column.

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Creating a Table-:

There are various ways to create a table:

  1. Insert Table

  2. Draw Table

  3. Convert Text to Table

  4. Excel Spreadsheet

  5. Quick Tables

  6. Copy Paste

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1.  Insert Table-:

For a basic table, click on  Insert Tab  > Insert Table option  and move the cursor over the grid until you highlight the number of columns and rows you want.

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For a larger table, or to customize a table, select Insert > Table > Insert Table.

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2. Draw Table-:Design your own table by drawing the cell, row and column borders yourself. You can even draw diagonal lines and cells within cells.

 

3. Convert Text to Table-: Convert text to table split a single column of text into multiple columns. For example, you can separate a column of full names into separate first and last name columns. You can choose how to split it up fixed width or split at each comma, period, or other character.

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4. Excel Spreadsheet-: Excel spreadsheet insert Microsoft Excel worksheet in Microsoft word and calculation accordingly.

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5. Quick Tables-: These are the the built-in tables and that tables are predefined templates and used for insert calendars purpose.

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6. Copy Paste-: In this you can copy a particular table and paste in your document.

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Understand Row Column & Cell in Table Structure
Steps to create new table in documents
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