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Table Commands Word 365 - Where are they?


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#1 MaryBet82

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 01:35 PM

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I went from WinXP and Word 2002 to a Mac and Office for Mac for 10 years - until the Mac died. I'm now on an HP laptop [and regretting it] w/ Win 10, Office 365. I've been unable to find how to do simple things like select a table, choose table borders, etc. All I've been able to find is the Insert Table command under the Insert Tab. All the Help articles talk about using the Table Tools Tab, which apparently doesn't exist anymore. I have found how to select a cell by positioning the cursor to its right and sometimes I can get some table commands to appear w/ R click in the table. Other times, no table commands on R click in the table.

 

Can someone point me to an up-to-date article on table commands? Are the table commands somewhere on the ribbon?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

 


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#2 MoxieMomma

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 01:58 PM

Yes, most stuff is the the Ribbon now (since Office 2013? 2016?).
There is also a Toolbar.
Both can be customized.

For starters, see if these help:

https://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/format_tables_in_word.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/set-or-change-table-properties-3237de89-b287-4379-8e0c-86d94873b2e0

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001686.htm

(These are for WORD. But it's a similar setup for EXCEL.)

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Posted 04 January 2024 - 01:59 PM

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Posted 07 January 2024 - 02:20 PM

Are the table commands somewhere on the ribbon?

 

 

When you insert a table then click on it the "Table Design" option should should appear at the top with its ribbon underneath. Are you not getting this? If not then do you get any any ribbons at all?

 

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