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Word Exercise 8 - Tables

This document provides instructions for creating a weekly schedule table in Microsoft Word. It includes steps to insert a table, apply shading to rows, adjust row sizes, enter day and activity labels, and save the completed schedule. The schedule is to be shared with the user's boss to coordinate work shifts. The 25 steps guide the user through setting up and populating a two-row, seven-column table with days of the week labeled at top and a sample weekly activities list filled in below. Formatting options like borders, shading, font selection are demonstrated.

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Word Exercise 8 - Tables

This document provides instructions for creating a weekly schedule table in Microsoft Word. It includes steps to insert a table, apply shading to rows, adjust row sizes, enter day and activity labels, and save the completed schedule. The schedule is to be shared with the user's boss to coordinate work shifts. The 25 steps guide the user through setting up and populating a two-row, seven-column table with days of the week labeled at top and a sample weekly activities list filled in below. Formatting options like borders, shading, font selection are demonstrated.

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For use with MS Word 98, 2000, and XP

Microsoft Word: Exercise 8


In this exercise:
• How to insert a table
• How to use shading
• Moving the cursor in a table

Creating a Weekly Schedule


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Your boss needs a schedule of your classes and other activities so that she can decide who should
work each shift. Make a table like the one above, and type your weekly activities.
Follow the directions below.

1. Open a new Microsoft Word document.

2. On the menu bar, Click on TABLE.

3. Click on INSERT TABLE.

4. Change the number of columns to 7 and the number of rows to 2. Click on OK.

5. Highlight the top row of cells.

6. Click on FORMAT from the menu bar.

7. Click on BORDERS And SHADING.

8. Click on the SHADING tab.


Click on a light gray box.
Click on OK.

9. Highlight the bottom row of the table.

10. Click on FORMAT.

11. Click on BORDERS And SHADING.


For use with MS Word 98, 2000, and XP
12. Click on SHADING and select a darker gray this time. Click on OK.

13. Move the Cursor over the bottom line until it looks like this:

14. Click and Drag down until the bottom row is as big as the picture.

15. Type Monday in the top left box. Press the TAB key to move to the next box.
Type the other days of the week.

16. Type your work schedule in the bottom row. It can be what you really do everyday or
you can make it up. You should have at least one thing in each of the cells.

17. Move the cursor over the table until you see a box
with arrows in the top left corner.

18. Move the cursor over this box until it also looks
like four arrows.

19. Click and Drag down until you see the dotted outline.
For use with MS Word 98, 2000, and XP
20. Double Click above the table.

21. Click on the CENTER button.

22. Type the words WEEKLY SCHEDULE above the table.

23. Change the font and font size to something that you like.

24. Spell check your document.

25. Save the document on your deski.

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