Typing a Table in MS Word

Here is a short and simple way of typing a table, instead of the old fashioned draw / insert table command usually taken from the menu. Now for the purpose of creating table you can type a string of “+” and “-” signs. The string starts and ends with the “+” sign and in between we place a series of “-“signs that are required to represent the width of the column and press enter key and it’s done. This creates your one column for the next column or columns after "+" sign continuing with "-" sign upto width of the next column and so on until you finished the desired number of columns.

Example:

Suppose we need a table which has three columns.

So we type:

“+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+”

Note: The string must be typed without double quote marks.

Adding dividers in MS Word

For adding horizontal dividers in MS Word, type the following characters and press enter for each divider

Hyphens “---”
Underscores “___”
Equal Signs “===”
Hash Signs “###”
Asterisks “***”
Tildes “~~~”

Example: