1. Training Room 5

Information Processing 2050

Project 3: Documents for Personal and Business Use

 

Training Room 5: Tables

 

Tables organize information into rows and columns to display data in an easy-to-read format. Tables are excellent for presenting essential facts and figures from your work so that your readers can quickly focus on the information you wish to emphasize. You may have used a table to create a personal phone list, or to record your science lab results for school. In the work world, businesses use tables to analyze budgets, compare sales figures, and report results to stakeholders.

 

This is an example of a table created with Draw Table.

Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

 

In INF1030: Word Processing 1 you learned how to create a basic table. In INF2050: Word Processing 2 you will expand those skills so that you can build more complex tables with more functionality. Developing your skills will increase your productivity and versatility, and help you create professional-looking documents that get results.

 

In this training room you will

  • learn how to convert text to a table and a table to text

  • learn how to modify the structure of a table

  • learn how to sort data in a table

  • learn how to modify data in a table

  • read and watch demonstrations to learn about creating tables

  • use the software to complete three practice activities

  • use Help menus and online references for software assistance when you need it

  • save practice activities in your INF2050: WP 2: Tables folder

  • check your work against exemplars and answer keys