Microsoft KB Archive/272780

= PPT2001: Feature Differences Between Word Tables and PowerPoint Tables =

Article ID: 272780

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q272780



SUMMARY
You may choose to create a table in Microsoft Word and then paste the table into a PowerPoint presentation, rather than create the table in PowerPoint, because of the extra features available when working with Word tables. This article describes some of these additional features.



MORE INFORMATION
These additional features in Word include:
 * The Table Properties feature, which gives you the ability to control precisely and uniformly the row height and column width for a group of cells.
 * The Table AutoFormat feature, which allows you to apply color, font, and border choices to the table.
 * The AutoFit feature, which allows you to:
 * Fit the table cells automatically to the content.
 * Fit the table automatically to the width of the document.
 * Evenly distribute the height assigned to each row.
 * Evenly distribute the width assigned to each column.
 * Set fixed column widths.
 * The Sort feature, which allows you to sort the data in a table by up to three fields (columns).
 * The Formula function, which allows you to enter calculations that reference other cells, and set the number format for the results.

