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Tables...Part Deux
  

What You'll Learn in the Section

We're working with tables, remember? We're going to learn how to cut and paste text into cells, change the size of the cells, and finally, we're going to learn how to make a table vacuum the carpet! Okay, so you can't make a table vacuum, but you can do the other two.

  
 
Cut and Paste Text into Cells
  
 
First, let's put the text you've typed into its proper cell.
 
  1. Start by highlighting your text.  
  2. Click on the "Cut" button on the toolbar.  
  3. Using the mouse, click in the cell where you want the text to go. In this case, click in the top right cell.  
  4. Hit the "Paste" button in the toolbar. "Mrs Jones' 5th Grade Classroom" should now be in the top right cell and should look like this.  
 
 
 
As you can see in your own example, the text falls into the next line because it is too wide for the cell. What is a poor teacher to do? Change the width of the cell, of course!
 
 
 
Setting the Size of Your Table
  
  1. First thing you do is select your table by clicking anywhere inside it.  
  2. Click on "Format," then select "Table Properties."  
 
A window pops up that looks like this. If it doesn't look like this, then click on the "Table" tab. Does it look like this now?
  
 
 
 

There are two ways to control the width of your table:

pixels or % of window

Using pixels guarantees that the table will remain an exact width no matter the settings on your computer's monitor.

  
 
 
 

Using % of window allows you to approximate the width of your table based on your monitor settings. Basically, if you set your table at 100% of window, then no matter what the settings on your monitor, your table will stretch the entire length across.

We're going to use pixels because they are more precise and easier to work with in our case.

  
  3. Click on the down arrow next to "% of window." Select "pixels."  
 
 
  4. Change "100" to "750."  
 
 
  5. Click "OK."  
     
 
Setting the Size of the Cells Within Your Table
  
  1. Click in the top left cell.  
  2. As you did before, click on "Format," then "Table Properties."  
  3. Select the tab marked "Cell."  
 
 
 
The window should look something like this now.
  
  4. Again, change "% of table" to "pixels."  
  5. Change "100" to "150."  
 
 
  6. Finally, click "OK."  
     
To set the pixel width of the right column, simply click in the top right cell and repeat the steps above. Instead of "150," however, type in "400." Voila! Your your text should be on one line now.
  
 
 
 
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