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Microsoft Office 2013: In Practice

Chapter 4

Using Tables, Columns, and Graphics

Copyright © 2014 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin

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Student Learning Outcomes

• Creating and Editing Tables4.1

• Arranging Text in Tables4.2

• Formatting and Editing Tables4.3

• Using Columns4.4

• Working with Graphics4.5

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Case Study

Placer Hills Real Estate (PHRE)Real estate companyRegional offices throughout central California

Improve the design of a brochure!

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Creating and Editing Tables

SLO 4.1

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Table Terminology

Insert tab, Table button

CellColumnRow

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Tables

Navigate throughout the table Tab Shift+Tab

Utilize contextual tabs Table Tools Design tab Table Tools Layout tab

Make selections Table Row Column Cell or cells

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Tables

Add rows and columnsMerge and split cellsCopy or move columns and rowsRemove columns and rowsDelete a table

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Arranging Text in Tables

SLO 4.2

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Resize Columns and Rows

Drag Resize Pointer

Set Specific Sizes

AutoFit Tables

Distribute Rows and Columns

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Arrange Text in a Table

Text alignmentCell marginsSort data

Use the Table Properties dialog box to find several changes in one location!

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Formatting and Editing Tables

SLO 4.3

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Table Tools Design Tab

Table Borders Table Shading Table Styles

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Formulas

Insert a formulaUpdate a formula

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Convert

Text to a tableTable to text

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Using Columns

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Columns

Choose from Preset Column Settings

Customize Columns

Convert Text to Columns

Use Column Breaks

Balance Columns

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Working with Graphics

SLO 4.5

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Pictures

Insert a pictureSearch for an online picturePNG JPEG

TIFF GIFWMF BMP

Types of Graphics

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Graphics

Resize a graphicWrap text around a graphicPosition a graphicInsert a caption for a

graphicGroup graphic objects

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Shapes

Use

shapes to

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interest!

Insert shapesCustomize shapes

Sizing Rotating Moving Adjusting Filling Outlining Adding effects

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Other Graphics

SmartArt

WordArt

Symbols

Enhance with styles!

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Chapter Summary SLO Summary4.1 Improve the design and readability of a document by using tables to present and

arrange information.4.2 Modify a table by changing column and row size, aligning text, using the Table

Properties dialog box, sorting data, and using AutoFit.4.3 Enhance the appearance and function of a table by using the Table Tools tabs,

applying borders and shading, using table styles, inserting formulas, and converting text into a table.

4.4 Modify the layout and design of a document using columns to present information.4.5 Enrich a document by adding and modifying visual elements such as pictures,

shapes, SmartArt, and WordArt.