6. Tables

In this chapter, you learn techniques for creating and formatting tables within your document.

If you read Chapter 4, “Designs and Layouts,” recall that I mentioned that calendars were actually nothing more than tables to which some nice visual effects had been applied. Making calendars isn’t the only thing you can do with tables, though. Tables can also be used as a means for importing data from an Excel spreadsheet. In this chapter, I show you everything you need to know about working with tables in Publisher 2010.

What Are Tables?

In case you aren’t familiar with tables, they are simply a grid that you can use to display data. Tables are made up of individual cells (rectangles) that are arranged into rows and columns. You can see ...

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