SECTION 4
Lesson 1.4: Table Tools

   

 

 

1.

Open Microsoft Office Word 2003.

 

 

2.

Open the Widget Table document from the Sample Files folder.

 

 

3.

Select all of the text in the table.

 

 

4.

Click the Table menu, choose Convert, and click Text to Table.

In the Convert Text to Table dialog box, type 5 for the Number of Columns.

For AutoFit Behaviour, choose Fixed Column Width. Type 0.2 in the text box.

Click the AutoFormat button to choose a table style if you wish.

Choose Tabs in the Separate Text At section.

Click OK.

 

 

 

5.

Click in the Widgets column and click Sort Descending () on the Tables and Borders toolbars.

Repeat the process for the next two columns (Hammer and Nails).

 

 

 

6.

Click to place your cursor at the bottom of the Widgets column.

Click the AutoSum button () on the Tables and Borders toolbar.

 

 

 

7.

 Repeat Step 6 with the rest of the cells in the Total row.

 

 

 

8.

Click the Table menu, choose Select, and click Table.

 

 

 

9.

Click the Insert menu and click Object.

On the Create New Object tab, select Microsoft Graph Chart.

Click OK.

 

 

 

10.

Close the datasheet.

Center your chart by selecting it and pressing Ctrl and E.

 

 

 

11.

Click in a blank space of your document to de-select the chart and return to the normal Word screen. Place your cursor below the chart.

 

 

 

12.

Click the Insert menu and click Object.

Click the Create From File tab.

Browse to your Sample Files folder and choose Sample Book.xls.

Click OK.

 

 

 

13.

Select the new table and center it by pressing Ctrl and E.

 

 

 

14.

Save your document as Widget Tables 2.

 

 

15.

Close Microsoft Office Word 2003.