PCC Website Course 2011
Mr. Moegelin

Tables in Microsoft Word 2007
Lesson 1, Part 1
 

Assuming that we have usernames and passwords log onto your computers.

"Designing web page layouts has a lot to do with ... :
 

1.   "... using tables, and even tables within tables within tables." - Unless you are using CSS
2.   "... with digital pictures - knowing  how to edit them, and resize them using an image editing software."
3.   "... making web page graphics using a software such as Adobe Photoshop Elements 5."
 

Objective:  Use Microsoft Word 2007 to create a document with a multicolored table on it.
 

1.  Go to “Insert” in the tools menu at the top of your screen.

2.  Choose “Insert”, then select “Table.”
3.  In the “Insert Table box” select 3 columns, 3 rows, then click OK.  Alternative way below.

     
      The long narrow table immediately below is what you will get.

4.  “Right click” inside the table and select “Table Properties.”  Choose "Center Alignment" and "None" for  "Text Wrapping." 
       Then click OK.
 

5.  Place the cursor directly on one of the table borders.  The cursor will look like this		when it touches a border.  In Front
Page it will look like a double sided arrow.    Drag the sides of the columns and rows so that the table looks like the one above and then like the one in the next part below.

Lesson 1, Part 2

6.

7.  Place the cursor in the middle center cell and center the cursor using the Layout alignment icons in diagram 6 above. 
      The Layout options tab will appear once you have inserted a table in the document.

8.  Right click in the middle center cell and select “Borders and Shading.”  The Borders and Shading box will look like the one below
      in Part 3.
 

Lesson 1, Part 3

9.     In the “Appy to:” drop down menu box select “Cell.”

10.   Select the bright red color and solid (100%) under "Style:"  Click OK.

         Your table should now look like the one below in Part 4.
 

Lesson 1, Part 4