PowerPoint Tables

Why should you use PowerPoint Tables?

PowerPoint Text and Tables have been proven to be yet, another way of making your dull, boring business presentation visually appealing. They are widely used these days in business presentations for the various benefits they provide. They can be used to:

• Organize information in an effective way in a grid
• Avoid the textual content that makes the presentation boring and dull
• Display numerical data in a presentation
• Make your Information remarkable so that the audience remembers it

How do you create a comparison table in PowerPoint?

You can create a comparison table in PowerPoint by inserting a single-column table or two double-column tables in your slide. To insert table:

1. Select the slide of the deck in which you want to add a table.
2. On the Insert tab, select the Table.
   
   
3. In the Insert Table dialog box, you can:
   • Point the cursor to select how many rows and columns that you want, or
   • Select Insert Table option, and then enter the numbers in the Number of columns and Number of rows lists.
     
     
4. Resize the single-column table so that you can add another table parallelly.
5. Use Icons, Shapes, and Colors to create visually appealing tables.

How do you make a scrolling table in PowerPoint Presentation?

To Make a Scrolling Table in PowerPoint Presentation, Follow these steps:

1. From the navigation bar in PowerPoint, click the "Developer" tab. If you don't see the Developer tab, click the "File" tab, then click "Options," choose the "Customize Ribbon" option and then click "Developer" in the Main Tabs section. Click "OK."
2. Click the "TextBox" ActiveX control icon from the Controls section in the Developer tab.
3. Click hold and drag the text box on the slide.
4. Right-click on the ActiveX text box in your slide and select "Properties"
5. Make the following changes: Change the value for ScrollBars to "3 - fmScrollBarsBoth." Set the value for MultiLine to "True." Type the text you want in the value box for Text. Then close this window from the upper right when you're done.
6. Launch the slide show at that slide. The scrolling effect in the table will only occur if the slide show is active and if there is enough text to go beyond the text box.

How do you create a table in PowerPoint?

Follow these steps to create a table in PowerPoint:

1. Select the slide of the deck in which you want to add a table.
2. On the Insert tab, select the Table.
   
   
3. In the Insert Table dialog box, you can:
   • Point the cursor to select the Number of rows and columns that you want, or
   • Select Insert Table option, and then enter the numbers in the Number of columns and Number of rows lists.
     
     
4. To add text to the cells, click a cell, and enter your text.

You can also check out fully editable ready to use PPT table templates to to effectively showcase your data figures.

How do I download a Table and Text PowerPoint template for free?

You can find Free Table and Text PowerPoint Templates on some websites on the internet. At SlideUpLift, you can find professionally designed Free PPT Templates that are creatively crafted by experts.

How do you animate one cell in the Table PowerPoint Template?

Here is the process to animate a cell in the Table in PowerPoint Template:

1. Point the cursor to the border of the table and click to select the entire table.
2. Under the Home tab, go to the Clipboard group, and click Copy.
3. Again in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under the Paste option, and then click Paste Special.
4. Click Picture, and then click OK.
5. Under the Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Group, and then click Ungroup. Click Yes when a new window opens.
   
   
6. Repeat the Ungroup command for the second time. All the cells will be selected, click outside the table to remove these selections.
7. Press and hold the Ctrl key from the keyboard while you select the cells of the table that you want to animate.
8. Under the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animations group, click on Add Animation to open the animation options.
9. On the Timing tab, click on any options that you want to use, such as Delay.
10. Repeat steps 7 to 9 for any other sections of the table that you want to animate separately.

How do you wrap text in a table PowerPoint Template?

There is no feature in PowerPoint to wrap text in a table, however you can wrap text around an image in PowerPoint.

How do I split a table into two tables in PowerPoint?

We can’t split whole tables in PowerPoint, the individual cells of the table can be splitted into multiple cells. However you can split a table in the word document.