Formatting tables in WordPerfect is simple. First, open your manuscript file, place the cursor at the end of the References, and insert a page break to start a new page for the new table. Type the title of the table. then click Enter.

 Click on TABLE on the tool bar, and select NEW, as shown below:

This should open the NEW TABLE menu page, showing the default number of columns and rows. Change these numbers according to your data, as shown below:

Click OK. This should close the NEW TABLE menu and take you back to your document, placing a table at the cursor, with several rows and columns. Note that the columns are of equal width and the table occupies the entire width of the page between the margins, as shown below:

In addition, note that Word Perfect automatically opens the Table tool bar and a ruler showing the boundary markers of each column. Start typing the data. You can move from one cell to another by clicking the TAB key, or using the mouse.

To change the width of the column, move the mouse pointer to the right column boundary marker (within the ruler and are located at the top of the line separating two columns, see figure above), press the mouse and simultaneously move the marker to the desired location (left or right). This should increase/decrease the width of the column as shown below (compare with the above figure):

Repeat the same process for the other columns:

The default borders selected by Word Perfect are shown above. These consist of a double-line table frame and single-line cell borders. Almost all journals do not accept borders within or outside the table. To change the borders of the table, click any where within the table, then click on TABLE on the tool bar and select TABLE BORDER, as shown below:

This should open the TABLE BORDER menu page. The page contains the BORDER section to the left with different line styles for each border, and a PREVIEW WINDOW to the right. Select the ENTIRE TABLE button, as shown below:

In the BORDER section of the menu, click on OUTSIDE border style to open a selection of line styles. Select NONE, as shown below:

 All borders, including cell borders and the table border, should disappear, as shown below in the PREVIEW WINDOW:

Most journals use one style for tables. This includes THICK LINES for the top of the titles row and bottom of the last row in the table, and a HAIRLINE or SINGLE border separating the title row from the first data row. To do this, first highlight (select) the entire titles row (in the example below, the cells containing the text: Column 1, Column 2 and Column 3). Then, click on TABLE on the tool bar and select TABLE BORDER, as shown below:

As explained above, this should open the TABLE BORDER menu page. The page contains the BORDER section to the left with different line styles for each border, and a PREVIEW WINDOW to the right. In the BORDER section of the menu, click on TOP border style to open a selection of line styles. Select THICK. Then click on BOTTOM border style to open a selection of line styles. Select HAIRLINE or SINGLE. In the PREVIEW WINDOW note the two lines, as shown below:

Repeat the process to select a THICK line for the last row in the table, as shown below:

You can also center the table within the manuscript page by clicking on TABLE on the tool bar and select POSITION, as shown below:

 This should open the TABLE POSITION menu page, with a selection list. Click on the button of CENTERED BETWEEN MARGINS to center the table between the page margins (or select any other option).

This should set the table at the center of the page, as shown below:

 There are of course many other options and methods to format the tables, but the above guidelines should be sufficient to prepare the most common types of tables.

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