If you are unfamiliar with the formulas Word provides, click the down arrow under the Paste Function field, and choose a formula from the list. In the Formula dialog box type the SUM() formula in the Formula field box. To calculate the total salaries, position your cursor in the last row and the last column cell, and click the Formula button under the Data group. I added a Salary column to the table below and entered some dollars, plus a new row at the bottom for the salary totals. You can even insert formulas to calculate your numeric data. Just choose the separator you prefer, so when the table grid disappears, the data isn’t all jumbled together.
You can also convert your table back to a text block. For example, you can sort by Last Name, then by First Name. You can sort by column numbers or by column headers, and it provides two sort levels. With the table still highlighted, click Table Tools > Layout > Data > Sort to sort the table data alphabetically or numerically, just like in Excel. Select Cell Margins to change the margins inside each cell. Other features include Table Properties, which provides several options for aligning the table with the text or wrapping text around your table. Rows will be separated by paragraph marks.Menu options to modify a table structure. In the Convert to Text box, under Separate text with, click the separator character you want to use in place of the column boundaries. On the Layout tab, in the Data section, click Convert to Text. Select the rows or table you want to convert to text. The text converted to a table should look something like this: Under Separate text at, choose the separator character you used in the text.Ĭlick OK. Resize the table automatically in case the width of the available space changes (for example, web layout or landscape orientation) Resize the columns to fit the width of the text in each column
In the Fixed column width box, type or select a value. If you want a different column width, choose one of these options: Word automatically chooses a width for the table columns. Under AutoFit behavior, choose how you want your table to look. Under Table size, make sure the numbers match the numbers of columns and rows you want.
In the Convert Text to Table box, choose the options you want. Select the text that you want to convert, and then click Insert > Table > Convert Text to Table. In this example, the tabs and paragraph marks will produce a table with 3 columns and 2 rows: Use paragraph marks to indicate where you want to begin a new table row. Note: If you have commas in your text, use tabs for your separator characters.
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