In the following example, we will create a Table with 4 columns and 8 rows:

• Open your manuscript, go to the end of the References and start a new page.
• Type the Table Number and the text of the Title.
• Click on TABLE and select INSERT TABLE, as shown below:
  

• This opens the INSERT TABLE menu box. Enter the number of rows and columns. Click OK.
  

• In the above example, this creates a new table with four columns and eight rows.
  

• Type the information in each cell, moving from one cell to another by pressing TAB, or using the mouse.
• To format the text of the table, you can format the entire text in all cells, only an individual cell or all cells in one column. To do this, select the entire table, or one or more rows or columns. At this stage, click on FORMAT, TABLE CELLS to format the selected text.
• To add borders to the top and bottom of the first title row, block the row, then select FORMAT, BORDERS AND SHADING, as shown in the following illustration:
  
   

• This opens the CELL BORDERS AND SHADING menu box illustrating the presets, line types, etc. as shown below:
  

•  Select the line type for the border (for example, 1.5 pt for the top border and 0.25 pt for the lower border).
  
  
• An easier way to set the borders is to open the BORDERS toolbar. Select the line thickness first then click on the icon representing the border, as shown below:
  
  

   

• Repeat the same procedure to put a border at the bottom of the last row, as shown below:
  

• Type the text of the table legend, and define all abbreviations used in the table, even if they are defined in the text of the manuscript.

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