Pages: Insert Tables

Learning Activity

Pages comes with several styles of tables you can use to present information. After you add a table, you can customize it however you like.

Follow the steps below to create a table and the upload the file under Record Achievement. Create your own data for your table, it can be favourite sports team ranked, countries you'd like to visit in order or a record of average daily temperature in the Arctic in the month of December, whatever you like! 

Then upload your Pages document under Record Achievement. 

Resources

1. Open Pages and create a new document.
2. Tap , then tap .
3. Swipe right and left to see more style options. The preset table layout choices are designed to match the template you’re using.
4. Tap a table to add it to the page.
5. To add content to a cell, double-tap the cell, then type; when you’re finished, tap  to close the keyboard.
6. To move the table, tap it, then drag  in its top-left corner.
   Note: If the table doesn’t move freely, it’s set to move with text as you type. To turn off this setting, select the table, tap , tap the Arrange tab, then tap to turn off Move with Text.
7. Do any of the following:
   
   • Add or remove rows: Tap the table, tap  in the bottom-left corner of the table, then tap the arrows.
   • Resize the table: Tap the table, tap  in its top-left corner, then drag the blue dot in the bottom-right corner to resize the table proportionally.
   • Change the alternating row color setting: Tap the table, tap , tap Table, then turn Alternating Rows off or on.
   • Change the look of a table: Tap the table, tap , then use the formatting controls to make changes.