Open MS Word to a new document and have it open beside this page, so you can implement the directions. By the end of this page I expect you to know the meaning of row, column, cell, highlight and merge. You will be completing a short quiz later about this work and these words will be in it.
In a table we use rows, columns, and cells to tell you where we are. It is a bit like saying, 'turn to page 64 in the book and start reading the second paragraph.'
Rows always go across the table. They are numbered - Row 1, Row 2......
Columns always go down the table. They are labelled Column A, Column B......
To explain which cell we are talking about, we use the letter of the column and the number of the row. This should remind you of how maps coordinates are given. For example, C4 means the cell that is in column C and row 4.
(instructions for a Mac computer)
Time to make a table. Go to the menu bar at the top of your new document. Find the word- 'Table'. Go to 'Insert' in the drop down menu and click the word 'table'. In the new small window, write '4' columns and '6' rows. After you click 'OK' a table will appear.
Rows always go across the table. They are numbered - Row 1, Row 2......
Columns always go down the table. They are labelled Column A, Column B......
To explain which cell we are talking about, we use the letter of the column and the number of the row. This should remind you of how maps coordinates are given. For example, C4 means the cell that is in column C and row 4.
(instructions for a Mac computer)
Time to make a table. Go to the menu bar at the top of your new document. Find the word- 'Table'. Go to 'Insert' in the drop down menu and click the word 'table'. In the new small window, write '4' columns and '6' rows. After you click 'OK' a table will appear.
Cell Merge 1
For your presentation, you will need to merge some cells. This means you will join them together so they become one large cell.
Highlight row 1 across all the columns. Highlight means to make something stand out from everything around it. There are a few ways to highlight something, but the simplest would be to
Use 'save as' to save your work and name it 'Human Body (your name)'. Make sure it is in your document folder.
Highlight row 1 across all the columns. Highlight means to make something stand out from everything around it. There are a few ways to highlight something, but the simplest would be to
- click once in cell A1
- hold down the shift key (don't let go)
- click once in cell D1 (now let go)
Use 'save as' to save your work and name it 'Human Body (your name)'. Make sure it is in your document folder.
Cell Merge 2
Highlight cells A2 and A3.
- click once in cell A2
- hold down the shift key (don't let go)
- click once in cell A3 (now let go)
Cell Merge 3
Highlight cells D5 and D6.
- click once in cell D5
- hold down the shift key (don't let go)
- click once in cell D6 (now let go)
Cell Merge 4
Highlight cells B3, B4, B5, C3, C4, and C5.
- click once in cell B3
- hold down the shift key (don't let go)
- click once in cell B4
- click once in cell B5
- click once in cell C3
- click once in cell C4
- click once in cell C5 (now let go)