Topic: Editing Table Contents

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Centering Information in Table Cells Word makes it easy to align information within a table cell, both horizontally and vertically. The results of formatting vertically can be affected by the formatting used in a paragraph, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing Table Cell Text Direction When creating a table, you can turn the orientation of the text, within a cell, by ninety degrees in either direction from normal. It’s easy to do using either dialog boxes or toolbars, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Clearing the Contents of a Table A simple tip for clearing out all of the contents of a Table. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Displaying Blanks when Summing to Zero You can place totals in your tables, and you may want Word to suppress the display of zero sums. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Entering Tabs in a Table If the insertion point is located in a table, pressing the Tab key results in the insertion point moving to the next cell in the table. If you want to actually insert a tab character within a cell, just remember to hold down the Ctrl key as you press Tab. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Filling Table Cells with a Macro Creating tabular data consists of two parts—creating the table and adding the data to the table. If you want to fill a table with data, there are a few macro approaches you can use to do the trick. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Moving Through a Table in a Macro Do you need your VBA macro to step through the contents of a table? Use this technique. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Moving Through a Table in a WordBasic Macro Do you need your WordBasic macro to step through the contents of a table? Use this technique. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Setting Table Values to Three Decimal Places If you import information into a document from another program, the values you import may not be exactly to your liking. For instance, you might need to limit imported data to three decimal places. The best and fastest ways to perform this task are discussed in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Unwanted Numbering on Pasted Tables When you copy information and then paste it into your document, you may get some things pasted that you didn’t count on. There are a couple of things you can try to get rid of these unwanted artifacts of pasting, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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