Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Word 2003 in 24 Hours

Hour 15. Columns and Tables

You already know all the basic formatting techniques, and now you're ready to add some flair to your documents. In this hour, you learn how to format text in columns and tables. Then in the following two hours, you get the rundown on graphics. If you combine the skills you learn in these three hours, you will be equipped to produce anything from professional reports to eye-catching flyers and brochures .

The highlights of this hour include

• Creating columns

• Modifying columns

• Creating tables

• Typing, navigating, and selecting in tables

• Changing the structure of a table

• Formatting a table

• Sorting text within a table