Click on your Insert tab.
Click on Table and this screen will open.
Drag the cursor across the screen to select the number of columns. Without lifting the cursor, drag the cursor down to select the number of rows.
Adding and Deleting Rows in Tables
Once you have made a table, a new toolbar will appear: Table Tools
Adding a Row:
1. To add a row, click on Layout under Table Tools.
2. Click inside the table where you want to add your row.
3. Click on Insert Below to add a row under where you have clicked and Insert Above to add a row above where you have clicked.
Deleting a Row:
1. Click Layout under Table Tools.
2. Select the row you want to delete by highlighting it with your mouse.
3. Click on Delete.
4. Click on Delete Rows in the dialogue box.
Shading Rows
1. After you have made your table, click inside it and you will get a new section in your Ribbon called Table Tools.
2. Click on the section named Design.
3. To add Shading, select the area that you want to shade by highlighting it.
4. Click on the arrow beside Shading.
5. To shade your selection, click on the colour box you want.
Aligning Text in Tables
Highlight the section or sections you want to align.
Click Layout under Table Tools.
Move your mouse over the boxes above Alignment.
When you put your mouse on each one, a box will tell you what it will do.
Click on the top three pictures to align the words in your table to the right, left or center of their row.
Clicking on the middle three pictures will align the words the same way, but will move them down to the middle of the row.
The bottom three will align the text and move it to the bottom of the row.
Changing Direction in Tables
Highlight your table and click Layout under Table Tools.
Click on Text Direction to change your table. Click it again to change it back.