Advanced Features of word
Adding Header and Footer
O Allows to insert text or graphics at the top or bottom of each page in your document.
Eg: chapter names, logos or pictures, page numbers and date and time
Inserting a Header and Footer
Click insert tab
Click Header or Footer down arrow
Select the header or footer design
Type desired information (Do any changes using design tab)
Click close header and footer from design tab or press Esc key
Inserting custom Header or Footer
Click insert tab
Click Header or Footer from header & footer group
Select edit header or edit footer
Place the insertion pointer at any place and type the information/graphic
Click close header and footer from design tab or press Esc key
Tables
O Table is an arrangement of text in a row and column format. Can present information in an
organized manner.
Cell – intersection of a row and column
Inserting a Table (method 1)
Click insert tab
Click Table from tables group
Click insert table (dialog box will appear)
Specify number of columns and rows.
Inserting a Table (method 2)
Entering data in a Table
Click insert tab
Just type your text.
Click table form tables group
Select rows and columns (table will display) To move between cells, use arrow keys, mouse
pointer or tab key(next cell)
Combination of Shift + Tab key (previous cell)
Modifying a table
Adding a new row (Method 1)
Select the position to insert the row
Right click and insert
Select insert row above or insert row below
Adding a new column (Method 1)
Select the position to insert the column
Right click and insert.
Select insert column to the left or insert column to the Right
Adding a new row (Method 2)
Select the position to insert the row
Click layout tab
Click insert above or insert below from rows & column group
Adding a new column (Method 1)
Select the position to insert the column
Click layout tab
Click insert Left or insert right from rows & column group
Deleting rows and columns (Method 1)
Select row or column
Click Layout tab
Click Delete in the rows & column group
Select the delete rows or delete columns option
Splitting cells - Dividing a cell into multiple cells- (Method 1)
Select the cell that you want to split
Click Layout tab
Click Split cells in merge group (split cells dialog box appears)
Specify rows and columns
Deleting rows and columns (Method 2)
Select row or column and right click
Click delete cells
Select delete entire row or delete entire column
Splitting cells – (Method 2)
Select the cell that you want to split Right click
Click split cells (split cells dialog box appears)
Specify rows and columns
Merging Cells – Combining 2 or more cells (Method 1)
Select the cells to be merged
Click Layout Tab
Click Merge cells in the Merge group
Resize Column Width and Row Height
(Method 1 – using mouse pointer)
Place the mouse pointer on the row border or column border
Mouse pointer changes to double headed arrow
Drag the arrow up or down to decrease or increase the row height, left or right to increase
or decrease the width
Merging Cells (Method 2)
Select the cells to be merged
Right click
Select Merge cells
Resize Column Width and Row Height
(Method 2 – using Layout Tab)
Select the row or column
Click Layout tab
Click properties (table properties dialog box appears)
Click row tab, select specify height and enter a value
Click column tab, select preferred width and enter a value
