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How to create your tables ?

There are three ways you can create your tables with the new Table Format toolbar.

1) Inserting a table using the new Table Insert dialog box.

2) Pasting directly over an existing table placeholder.

3) Creating your table in Excel and copying it across.

The table will default to the correct size and have the default formatting regardless of which method you use.

1) Using a Table Placeholder

You can insert a table by double clicking on the table placeholder.

The advantage of working with the table placeholders is that you can plan your presentation before you actually need to create (or insert) the final tables.

The new Table Insert dialog box will be displayed.

If the table placeholder is not in a valid presentation then you will not be able to insert a table.

Why is there a new Table Insert dialog box ?

The new dialog box can be used with any size table placeholder.

The new dialog box will change the font size automatically depending on the size of the table.

The new dialog box lets you save a default number of rows and columns.

Old Insert Table Dialog Box

2) Pasting over a table placeholder

If you select an existing table palceholder and you have a table copied from Excel (on the clipboard) the existing table placeholder will be replaced.

If you select a table object and you have a table copied from Excel the existing table will be replaced.

3) Creating your table in Excel

It is also possible to quickly create your tables in Excel and copy them across into PowerPoint.

Once the table has been pasted into PowerPoint you can use the Table Placeholders drop-down list to quickly resize and reposition the table.

All your tables will be automatically reformatted to the correct size.

Things to Remember

The default number of rows and columns is 4.

The maximum number of rows in a full slide table is 15.