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160 Chapter 5 Organize Information in Columns and Tables<br />

Formatting Tables<br />

Formatting a table to best convey its data can be a process of trial and error. With Word<br />

<strong>2010</strong>, you can quickly get started <strong>by</strong> applying one of the table styles available in the<br />

Table Styles gallery on the Design contextual tab.<br />

The table styles include a variety of borders, colors, and other attributes to give the table a<br />

<strong>professional</strong> look.<br />

If you want to control the appearance of a table more precisely, you can use the commands<br />

on the Design and Layout tabs. You can also format the table content. As you saw in the<br />

previous exercise, you can apply character formatting to the text in tables just as you would<br />

to regular text, <strong>by</strong> clicking buttons on the Mini Toolbar. You can also click the buttons in the<br />

Font group on the Home tab. You can apply paragraph formatting, such as alignment and<br />

spacing, <strong>by</strong> clicking buttons in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. And you can apply<br />

both character and paragraph styles from the Quick Styles gallery.

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