You can add a table to a slide by creating it right in PowerPoint. You can also copy and paste a table from Word or Excel. It's not possible to convert existing slide text into a table. Insert an empty table, then add text to it.

Create a table to organize information or data on your PowerPoint slides, use Table Styles to format the table, and then change the layout.

You can use the table tools to easily add and delete table rows and columns in PowerPoint.

Applying a predefined table style is the quick, easy way to change the look of a table in PowerPoint. A table style is a combination of formatting options, including color and optional shading. The color combinations are derived from the theme colors of the presentation.

Change the margins between text and the edge of a text box or shape. In PowerPoint, learn how to change the column width or row height of a table, and how to resize and move tables.

To combine two or more table cells in the same row or column into a single cell, do the following: On the slide, select the cells that you want to combine. Tip: It is not possible to select multiple, noncontiguous cells. On the ribbon, select the Layout tab. In the Merge group, click Merge Cells.

Follow these steps to mimic the effect of animating parts of a table. The process involves changing the table to a set of drawing objects that you can then ungroup and animate separately.

If you are using a newer version of PowerPoint, you can link data from a saved Excel worksheet to your PowerPoint presentation. That way, if data in the worksheet changes, you can easily update it in your PowerPoint presentation.

In PowerPoint, you can embed tables and worksheets from Excel in your presentation slides. In Excel, click and drag to highlight the cells you want to copy.

Provides procedures for adding or deleting table rows and columns in Word for Mac and PowerPoint for Mac.