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What should you do if you need to divide a data table in Word? Splitting a table in Word is a highly useful operation in many situations, such as when you want to create smaller tables or insert text paragraphs and other document elements into your data. This wkiHow article will guide you through splitting a table in Word on a computer, as this feature is not available on the mobile app.
Steps
Open the Word document you want to edit. Locate and double-click the document file you wish to edit on your computer to open it in Microsoft Word.
Click on the table you want to split. Two new tabs will appear above the ribbon toolbar at the top of the document: Design and Layout.
- If you want to add a table to the document, click on the Insert tab at the top and select Table from the toolbar.
Click on the row from which you want to split the table. The row you select will become the first row of the second table after the split.
- For example, if you click on the third row of the table to split, the first table will consist of two rows, and the second table will start from the third row.
Click on the Layout tab on the ribbon toolbar. Once the table is selected, you can use the tools in this tab to adjust its layout.
Click on the Split Table icon on the toolbar. This button looks like a table with four rows split in the middle. You can find it next to Merge Cells and Split Cells in the Merge group.
- This icon will not appear if your cursor is not placed within a row of the table.
- This action will divide your table into two separate tables.
- You can also use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Enter to split the table at the cursor's position.
