Wrangle unruly text into easy-to-read formats using Word 2013's improved tables features.

A table is an object that is made up of columns and rows, and its purpose is to store and organize data. In Microsoft Word, users can change the table border styles and shade the cells with ...

A nested table is one table placed inside of another, where the larger table functions as a container for the smaller one. Nested tables are a way for you to organize objects, such as images or ...

Tables are used to organize data, but did you know that you can insert Images into your Word table? By default, a cell in the table will adjust to the size of an inserted picture, so you can ...

Word can also sort data in tables, with the flexibility to choose the column of data on which to base the sort. If you have a business contact list of full names to organize, Word makes it easy to ...

In Word, a table is a grid of cells arranged in rows and columns. We use them to organize data in a logical and meaningful way, usually when the values have some relationship to one another and a ...

The article How to control a Word table’s horizontal alignment shows you how to manually align tables between the left and right margins. It’s a quick task when working with only a few tables.

When working with tables in Word, your text may disappear, but it's not gone forever. Mary Ann Richardson teaches you how to get around this irritating feature by recovering disappearing table text.