In Word you can easily edit a table that you have made. This article will explain what the various modifications you can make are, and how to delete a certain part of a table.

How to Delete Part of a Table in Word

In the Table Tools tab, you can, by clicking on the Delete button (Rows & Columns), you get three very explicit commands:

Delete Columns: removes the column of the active cell or selected columns.

removes the column of the active cell or selected columns. Delete Rows: deletes the row of the active cell or selected lines.

deletes the row of the active cell or selected lines. Delete table: deletes the table.

The Delete cells options, displays a dialog box in which you specify how Word must reorganize the rest of the table:

Shift cells left: the cells to the right of the deleted cells will shift to the left to "fill" the empty space.

the cells to the right of the deleted cells will shift to the left to "fill" the empty space. Shift cells up: cells located below the deleted cells will shift up to "fill" the empty space.

cells located below the deleted cells will shift up to "fill" the empty space. Delete the entire row or column: the deletion extends to all cells in the same column or the same row.

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