160 Chapter 5 Organize Information in Columns and Tables
Formatting Tables
Formatting a table to best convey its data can be a process of trial and error. With Word
2010, you can quickly get started by applying one of the table styles available in the
Table Styles gallery on the Design contextual tab.The table styles include a variety of borders, colors, and other attributes to give the table a
professional look.If you want to control the appearance of a table more precisely, you can use the commands
on the Design and Layout tabs. You can also format the table content. As you saw in the
previous exercise, you can apply character formatting to the text in tables just as you would
to regular text, by clicking buttons on the Mini Toolbar. You can also click the buttons in the
Font group on the Home tab. You can apply paragraph formatting, such as alignment and
spacing, by clicking buttons in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. And you can apply
both character and paragraph styles from the Quick Styles gallery.