Using your own table templates, you can avoid a lot of formatting work in Word. This saves time and still gives you a consistent document appearance.
Create your own table templates in Word: How it works
If tables in Microsoft Word are an indispensable tool for you to display your data, you can save a lot of time by creating new tables. You can create your own table templates in Word for this purpose.
- First, create a table in Word as usual by clicking on “Insert” go, the option “Tabel” and insert a table in the desired size. Then format everything as you wish – set borders, cell colors and the table labels.
- Then select the entire table: Go to “Tabellentools” > “Layout” and select “Quick Table”.
- Click on “Save as new quick table template”. Give your template a unique name and confirm with OK.
- The template is now saved in the Quick Tables list, allowing you to use it in other documents.
How to use the table template in other documents
To use a saved table template in another document, follow these steps:
- Place the cursor where you want in the document. Then go to “Insert” > “Table” > “Quick Tables”.
- Select your saved template from the list. This will insert the table into your document while retaining all previously saved formatting.
- Sometimes you may want to modify a template that you have already saved. To do this, you must first insert the template, make the desired changes in color, border or font, and then save the customized table again as new quick table template save under a different name.