18 tips for working faster with Word tables

Word tables are practically indispensable, but they can be a pain to work with. Here's a list of simple ways to execute the most common table tasks.

Word tables have a million handy uses, from organizing tabular data to building an attractive page layout. Unfortunately, they don't always act in predictable ways, and users have to waste time puzzling over dialog box options and toolbar choices. This list offers a set of reliable timesavers for users who need to perform some basic table tasks without getting bogged down in feature subtleties. It provides a cheat-sheet view of chores like:

• Deleting a selected table (versus deleting the contents of a table)
• Selecting from the current cell to bottom of the column
• Splitting a table or adding a paragraph above a table at the top of a document
• Moving rows up or down within a table
• Resizing a column without affecting the overall table width

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