Arkansas Keyboarding Connections Unit 6 - Tables

Table

a grid of rows and columns that intersect to form cells into which information can be typed

Format

controlling the appearance or layout of text, spacing, margins, indentations, and alignments

Row

information arranged horizontally

Column

information arranged vertically

Multicolumn

more than one column

Portrait Orientation

page orientation in which data prints across the narrower portion of the page

Landscape Orientation

page orientation in which data prints across the wider portion of the page

Horizontal Centering

positioning the table or text an equal distance between the left and right margins of a document

Vertical Centering

positioning the table or text an equal distance between the top and bottom margins of a document

Alignment

the horizontal positioning of text (such as left, right, or center)

Cell

the intersection of a column and a row is a table

Cell alignment

the position in which text is placed within a cell

Column Heading

words that describe or identify the data in that column of a table