Learn how to distribute table rows and columns in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Distribution lets you resize all rows and columns equally.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
Tables can make your data or other content look organized and make it easy for your audiences to quickly understand how the content in one or more cells relates to the content in other cells. However, even with all this organization built-in within the tabular structure, tables still need aesthetics. A table on your slide looks good when its rows and columns are arranged and sized in a proper manner, and the table cell content is aligned well in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Look at Figure 1 where you can see a table showing some very bad arrangement of rows and columns.
Figure 1: Table with bad arrangement of Rows and Columns
One option to solve this issue is distributing the table rows and columns so that they are equally sized and spaced. Follow these guidelines to learn how to distribute rows and columns in a PowerPoint table:
See Also:
Table Cells: Distribute Table Rows and Columns in PowerPoint (Glossary Page)
Distribute Table Rows and Columns in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
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