Create a table

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

  1. Select the slide you want the table on.
  2. Do one of the following:

    ShowInsert a basic table

    1. On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Table Button image.
    2. Point to select the number of rows and columns you want and then click.

    ShowDraw a more complex table

    1. If the Tables and Borders toolbar is not displayed, click Tables and Borders Button image on the Standard toolbar.

    2. Click Draw Table Button image.

    3. The pointer changes to a pencil.

    4. To define the outer table boundaries, drag diagonally to the size you want. Then drag to create the column and row boundaries.
    5. how to draw a table with the pencil tool

    6. To erase a line, click Eraser Button image and then click the line.

    7. diagram on how to use mouse to erase

ShowTip

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.