Create and format a table to visually group and analyze data.
- Select a cell within your data.
- Select Home > Format as Table.
- Choose a style for your table.
- In the Create Table dialog box, set your cell range.
- Mark if your table has headers.
- Select OK.
- Select the cell or the range in the data.
- In the Home menu, select Format as Table.
- Choose a style for your table.
- In the Format as Table dialog box, set your cell range.
- Mark if your table has headers.
- Select OK.
See Overview of Excel tables for more information.
To add a blank table, select the cells you want included in the table and click Insert > Table.
To format existing data as a table by using the default table style, do this:
- Select the cells containing the data.
- Click Home > Table > Format as Table.
- If you don't check the My table has headers box, Excel for the web adds headers with default names like Column1 and Column2 above the data. To rename a default header, double-click it and type a new name.
Note
You can't change the default table formatting in Excel for the web.
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