Insert Table

The object box allows us to choose from different objects that can add to the “Placeholder box”.
The first of these is the “Insert Table”.
Click this icon when you want to insert a table.
This opens a dialogue window in which you enter the number of columns and the number of rows.

Click the OK button in this dialog window when you have entered them.
This puts a table in the “Placeholder box”.

 

A second way is through the “Insert” tab in the “Ribbon” and clicking on the “Table” (1) option.

This option allows us to enter the number of columns and rows where we can select a maximum of 10 columns and 8 rows from a drop-down menu.
When the mouse pointer moves about, we see a live preview shown in the presentation (2).
Click the mouse when you’ve reached the correct setting.

This will automatically select the newly inserted table in the presentation.

You notice at the top of the “Ribbon”, a tab having tools for the layout of our table is displayed.
These “Table Tools” consist of two additional tabs, we call them contextual tabs.
The first is “Design”, which is selected and, the second is “Layout”.

This second one gives us two other options.
To draw the table manually and insert a table as an “Excel” worksheet.

Both seem obvious to me.

 

Selecting cells

A table in “PowerPoint” is the same as a table in an “Excel” spreadsheet.

This is made up of rows and columns.

The point of intersection of a column of a row is called a cell.

To select an entire row, place the mouse pointer to the left or right edge of the table, when the mouse pointer becomes a black arrow, click the mouse.

The same goes to select an entire column so, move the pointer to the upper or lower edge of the table, when the mouse pointer becomes a black arrow, click the mouse.

 

To select adjacent rows or columns, click and drag with the mouse.

The same also for selecting a cell, move the mouse pointer over the edge of the cell, when it changes into an upwardly pointing arrow and click the mouse.

 

Another way to select something, and I think still the quickest way, is by clicking a cell and dragging on the rest of the cells you want to select.

 

To select an entire table, place the mouse pointer over the edge of the table, when it changes into four-arrows, click the mouse.

To move a table, place the mouse pointer over the edge of the table, when it changes into four-arrows, click and drag it to the desired position.

 

Adding rows and columns

To add rows or columns, select the column (or row) and click the button “Insert Left” or “Insert Rright” buttons under the “Layout” tab in the “Ribbon”.

For rows, these are obviously the buttons “Insert Below” or “Insert Above”

To add multiple columns or rows, select multiple columns or rows and click the buttons as mentioned above.

For example, if you wish to add 3 columns, you select three columns in your table and click the button “Insert Left” or “Insert Right”. This will add three columns to your table.

 

To add a row at the bottom of your table, you don’t need to do all those steps.
Simply place the cursor in last cell of the table, and click the “Tab” key on your keyboard.

 

Deleting columns or rows

To delete columns or rows, we MUST use the “Delete” button under the “Layout” tab in the “Ribbon”.

When we use the “Delete” key on our keyboard, only the data from these cells is removed and not the cells themselves.

 

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