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Formatting table appearance

Formatting table appearance - Microsoft Word Tutorial

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Formatting table appearance

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When you create a table in Microsoft Word, whether you draw the table, insert a brand new table, or even convert text to a table, like we did in the previous lesson, inside the table, as long as your cursor is there, you'll notice that you have a number of Design, and Layout options on the ribbon, appearing under the Table Tools heading. So, we're going to take a look at how we can spice this table up. The default is, as you can see, a single black line for each of the rows and columns, so all of the cells look exactly the same; maybe different widths, but that's about it. So, with your cursor anywhere in the table, you can now go to, for example, some table styles. As you hover over these table styles, you're going to see a live preview. In this case, you can see there's a lighter grid than the default, which has a much darker grid. Or maybe you want every second row to be highlighted; that's an option using Plain Table 1. As you hover over these, I kind of like Plain Table 2, where…

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