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Page 1 of 3 WORD BASIC COMMAND S REVIEW FOR GRAPHS AND TABLES Creating a graph in Word Step 1: Click on the “Insert” tab at the top of the page. Step 2: Click on the “Chart” icon. Step 3: Place your cursor where you want the chart and in the box that appears, select a chart type by clicking OK . Step 4: A chart will appear with a data window. You can insert new data and data titles in the data window and modify the chart by placing the cursor on the items that need to be changed. Transferring an Excel graph to a Word document Here is how an Excel graph appears in an Excel worksheet: Page 2 of 3 To transfer the graph to Word, simply highlight and copy it: and then paste it into your Word document: 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 City 1 City 2 City 3 City 4 Population of Cities Page 3 of 3 Creating tables in Word Step 1: Click on “Insert” located at the top of the page. Step 2: Click on the “Table” icon on the left. Step 3: Click on “Insert table.” Step 4: Assign the number of columns and rows. Step 5: Click on OK. The table below was created using the default setting of 5 columns and 2 rows and the fixed column width setting. Step 6: To insert text, simply place the cursor in a cell and type. The column widths will re - adjust to the text up to a point. You can manually adjust your column widths and row heights by placing the cursor on one of the column’s vertical lines or one of the row’s horizontal lines and then clicking and dragging. Note that while your cursor is located within the table, “Table To ols” will automatically appear at the top. Here you will find design and layout options. You can also insert formulas in a table. Click on “Layout” under “Table Tools,” then click on “ fx Formula” on the left side of the webpage. To find formulas, click on the ? in the box and scroll down. In the example below, I’ve inserted the “SUM(ABOVE)” formula in the TOTAL cell. City Population City A 2500 City B 1300 City C 3400 TOTAL 7200