Exercise 6: Tables

Position your mouse cursor where you wish to place the table. Click on the Insert Table icon (illustrated left) and the diagram shown below will appear:

In order to create a table for the following exercise, you will need to shade the above diagram so that it appears as shown below. To shade the squares, place your cursor in the top left-hand square and, holding down the left mouse button, drag your mouse across until you have selected the required number - in the case of this exercise, two columns by seven rows. Once you release the mouse button, the table will appear in your document.

Type the following text, noting the instructions about font size and style and then create a table as shown above.

Nutrients (Arial size 18, bold, centred and underlined)

(The following in Arial size 12):
Nutrients are an essential part of the diet. They are necessary for chemical reactions to take place in your cells. Nutrients are contained in the food you eat. The table lists the types of nutrients you must have in your diet and the functions they perform inside your body.

(Table headings are Arial size 14 bold. All table body text is Arial size 12)

Nutrients Importance to Body Function
Carbohydrates such as starch and sugars Provide energy.
Fats and oils Provide energy and insulate the body. They are necessary for growth.
Proteins and amino acids Enzyme and antibody production. Also necessary for growth.
Vitamins A, D, E, K, B and C Have various uses such as blood cell production, nerve action, blood clotting and vision.
Minerals such as sodium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, calcium, zinc, iodine and fluoride Needed for nerve and muscle action, haemoglobin production, hormone activity and development of bone and teeth.
Fibre Helps the action of the digestive system.

(Indent the next paragraph by 1cm from both left and right margins, then justify the paragraph).

Inorganic minerals that must be in the diet in relatively large amounts are called macronutrients. Examples include sodium, potassium, phosphorus and calcium. Minerals that are essential only in very small amounts and are called trace elements. Large amounts of trace elements are usually poisonous.

Instructions

  1. Spell-check, then save your work.
  2. Put gridlines around the table. (Hint: place your cursor within the table then click the Table menu and select Table AutoFormat. Scroll through the list of formats, choose Grid 8, then click OK).
  3. Select the last paragraph (Inorganic materials that...). Change the format to double line spacing - click the Format menu, then select Paragraph and click in the box below Line Spacing and change to Double, then click OK.
  4. Print out the document.

Contents: Word Processing

Skill Check: Word Processing