Understanding What Word Tables Can Do

In Word, tables are collections of horizontal rows and vertical columns organized into individual cells, in which you can place text, numbers, graphics, fields, or other elements. Traditionally, tables were used primarily to display numbers, but you can use Word tables for any task that requires information to be displayed in a structured fashion. Use tables to

  • Help build newsletters, brochures, and other “desktop published” pieces in which elements must be placed in specific locations on a page and kept there (see Chapter 16, “Word Desktop Publishing”)

  • Structure and organize Web pages (see Chapter 24, “Using Word to Develop Web Content”)

  • Write certain scripts that require audio/video directions to appear in ...

Get Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.