Ways to select a Table, Row, Column or Cell
Ways to select a Table, Row, Column or Cell: In word processing, there are different ways to select the table, row, column, and cell. The selection techniques include Mouse Selection, Selection with Commands, Selection with Arrows of a table, Selection from Page Margin, and General Selection. Follow the steps below on ways to select a Table, Row, Column, or Cell |MS-Word|.
- After inserting the table, A table tools “Layout” tab opens
- To select any Cell, position the cursor at one of the cells you want, then click on the “Select” to get the drop-down list of selection commands, and then choose “Select Cell” from it
- To select any Column, position the cursor at one of the cells of a column you want, then click on the “Select” to get the drop-down list of selection commands, and then choose “Select Column” from it
- To select any Row, position the cursor at one of the Cells of a row you want, then click on the “Select” to get the drop-down list of selection commands, and then choose “Select Row” from it
- To select the entire table, position the cursor at one of the cells you want, then click on the “Select” to get the drop-down list of selection commands, and then choose “Select Table” from it.
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After table has been inserted
- Move the mouse pointer above the top of the border of the table, to turn it as a down-arrow
- Then click and keep hold down the left mouse button, and then move the mouse left or right to select the column or an entire row.
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Another way to select the entire Table or Cell, Row, Column with Mouse:
After the table has been inserted. To select the entire table, or column, row or cell. Do All of the following.
- To select the current cell, move the mouse pointer from the top left to bottom left on any cell of a table till the arrow changes as a (diagonal) up right arrow, and then click it.
- To select a row, move the mouse pointer at the left on one of the cells of a table till the arrow turns as a (diagonal) up right arrow, and then double click it.
- To select more rows/columns, move the mouse pointer at the left on any cell of a table till the arrow turns as a (diagonal) up right arrow, and then drag down, up, left or right.
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Select the entire table by clicking on the 4 Headed Arrows of a Table:
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Table selection from the left margin of the document:
After inserting the table into the word document. Do the following
- Move the mouse pointer at the left margin of the page which is exactly at the top left of a table
- Then drag-down by keep holding down the left mouse button to select the rows as much as you want.
