- Select the slide you want the table on.
- Do one of the following:
- On the Standard
toolbar, click Insert Table
. - Point to select the number of rows and columns you want and then click.
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If the Tables and Borders toolbar is not displayed, click Tables and Borders
on the Standard toolbar. -
Click Draw Table
. -
The pointer changes to a pencil.
- To define the outer table boundaries, drag diagonally to the size you want. Then drag to create the column and row boundaries.
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To erase a line, click Eraser
and then click the line. -

- On the Standard
toolbar, click Insert Table
Microsoft PowerPoint comes with slide layouts that include placeholders for tables. To create a new slide by using one of these layouts, click New Slide on the Insert menu, and then select one of the layouts that contains a table placeholder.
Insert a basic table