You can also create tables and spreadsheets. It's just another way to display information in PowerPoint.

A table. We'll need that to eat our apple pie on.

Jim, snap out of it. This is important. The show's not over yet...

Adding a table Let's try adding a table to your slide. 1. Click the Table button in the Tables Group in the Insert tab. 2. Select a table with a certain number of columns and rows from the grid in the drop-down list that appears, or click on Inert Table from the drop-down list. From the Insert Table dialog box, choose the number of rows and columns you want for your table. 3. Click OK and the table is inserted into your slide. The table is already in edit mode, as indicated by the light green frame-like border around it. You will also notice in the Ribbon that the Table Tools contextual tool has appeared. Click on the Table Tools tab to activate it. Table Tools has 2 tabs: Design and Layout. You use these tools to format your table and to edit content. Next, you will type information into the table. 1. Click inside the first column of the first row. 2. Type the word January. 3. Press the TAB key on your keyboard. The insertion point is now in the second column of the first row. 4. Type the word February. 5. Press the TAB key to move to the next column, and type the word March. Navigation Tips: To move to a previous column in a row, press SHIFT + TAB. You can also move around the table by simply clicking where you want to move to, or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. After you've finished typing, click outside the table to exit edit mode.

And let me guess... I bet you can resize the cells as easy as resizing a text box.

Gee, do I have to give you a prize if you're right?

Adjusting the height and width of cells A cell is the box that is formed in a table where a row and a column intersect. Each cell holds a unit of information. In PowerPoint you can adjust the height and width of the cells. The following steps will show you how to adjust the height and width of cells in your table. 1. Click anywhere in the table to enter edit mode. 2. First, try making the cells in the first column narrower. (a) Place the pointer on the gridline between the first and second column. The pointer will change into a two-headed arrow. (b) Click and drag the gridline to the left. The cells become narrower. (c) Click and drag the gridline to the right to make the cells wider again. 3. Now, make the cells in the first column taller. (a) Place the pointer on the gridline between the first and second rows. The pointer will change into a two-headed arrow. (b) Click and drag the gridline downwards. The cells become taller. (c) Click and drag the gridline upwards to make the cells shorter again.

And just like we did with our text boxes, is there a way to spice up a table?

Sue, I think you're catching on to this. Pretty soon you'll know more about me than my mom.

Jazzing up your table When you exit the edit mode, you see the table the way it will look in your presentation. Before you format the table, it looks pretty plain. Try jazzing up your table as follows. 1. Select the table by clicking on it in order to enter edit mode. The Table Tools contextual tool appears in the Ribbon. Click on the Design tab below Table Tools. The Groups in the Design tab have the tools for layout styles, changing borders, changing colors as well as the WordArt tools for text, such as Text Effects. 2. Other formatting features of a table are changed by using the Layout tab in Table Tools such as adding/deleting cells, cell size, alignment and table size. 3. Using the tools in these 2 tabs, change the look of your table. If you don't like what you've done, you can always undo a step, or even clear all the formatting you've done. In the Table Styles Group in the Design tab, click on the downwards pointing arrow. In the drop-down list that appears, select Clear Table.