How To Move A Table In Google Docs

Want to move a table in Google Docs?. This article will help you to know how to move a table in Google Docs. Along with this, we will also discuss a few other topics as below

• How To Move Table Freely In Google Docs
• How To Select A Table In Google Docs
• How To Rotate Table In Google Docs
• How To Center A Table In Google Docs
• How To Put Tables Side By Side In Google Docs
• Placing Tables Side By Side in Google Docs
• How To Make Table Fit Page In Google Docs
• Split table in Google Docs

How To Move A Table In Google Docs

Once we will insert a table in Google Docs, you will definitely have the requirement to align the table and move the table in the document manually to fulfill your requirement.

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Well, follow the below easy steps to move a table in Google Docs.

How To Move Table Freely In Google Docs

1. Select the table that you have inserted into your Google Docs.
2. Select the complete content of the table with the help of your mouse –> Drag the table to a different place based on your need.

How To Select A Table In Google Docs

You can select a table in Google Docs using the below information.

• Click on the first cell of the table and drag it to all the cells of the table till end.

How To Rotate Table In Google Docs

There is no direct approach or feature to rotate a table in Google Docs as of now. But there is a workaround to rotate the table in Google Docs. Follow the below steps

1. Locate the existing table in your Google Docs or you can insert a new table.
2. Take a screenshot of your table using a snipping tool or any other tool.

3. Right-Click and copy the image from the snipping tool and paste it on your Google Docs.

4. Select the table –> Click on the Image options –> Expand the Size & Rotation section –> Increase the Rotation degree based on your need as highlighted below.

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You can also hold the handle and rotate the table based on your need as highlighted below.

This is How To Rotate Table In Google Docs.

How To Center A Table In Google Docs

Sometimes, you need to align your Google Docs table. It’s quite easy to center align your table in Google Docs using the below quick steps.

1. Right – click on the table –> Select Table Properties.

Or, for the same option, Click on any cell of the table –> Click on the Format menu –> Select Table –> Click on the Table Properties option.

2. On the Table properties window, select the “Table alignment” option as “Center” and then click on the Ok button. You can also select the Left or Right option to align the table to “left” or “right“.

This is How To Center A Table In Google Docs.

How To Put Tables Side By Side In Google Docs

There is no direct feature to put tables side by side in Google Docs as of now. But, it is possible with a quick workaround. Just follow the below quick instruction !!!

1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the Blank option to create an empty document or you can open an existing Google Docs.
2. Click on the Insert menu –> select Table –> Select the 2 X 1 table.

3. Now a 2X1 table will be added like below.

4. Now to add a table inside the cell, click on the Insert menu –> Select table –> select the 4 X 4 table or based on your need you can select the number of rows and columns.

5. Now the whole structure looks like below.

6. Now, Click on the other second cell of the first table (2 X 1 table that we have added on Step-2). Then click on the Insert menu –> Select table –> select the 4 X 4 table or based on your need you can select the number of rows and columns similarly, we have done on Step-4.

7. Now, the complete structure of the table will look like below.

8. Now the time to remove the first table borders. Click on the first cell or second cell of the first table (2 X 1 table) or the outer table.

9. Click on Format Menu –> Select Table –> Click on Table Properties option.

Or, For the same option Right Click –> Click on Table Properties option

10. On the Table properties window. Change the Table border to “0 pt” and then click on the “Ok” button.

11. Now you can able to see below we are able to put two tables side by side in Google docs.

This is How To Put Two Tables Side By Side In Google Docs

How To Make Table Fit Page In Google Docs

Well, follow the below steps to make table fit page in Google Docs.

1. Navigate to https://docs.google.com/ and click on the Blank option to create an empty document.
2. Click on the File menu –> Select Page setup –> Set all the margins i.e Top, Bottom, Left, Right to zero and then click on the Ok button.

 3. Now, Click on the Format menu –> select the Headers & Footers option –> make 0 for inches from top and bottom both for headers and footers.

4. Click on the Format menu –> Select Line spacing –> Choose “Single”.

5. Now the time to insert the table, click on the Insert menu –> Select Table –> choose the number of columns you want based on your need. For Example, you can choose a 2 X 2 table. Click on the last cell of the table as highlighted below.

6. Keep Pressing Tab or keep pressing the ctrl + Y key from your keyboard and that will keep on adding new rows to the table. Do the same till you reach the end of the page. Now You will find the table fit the complete page.

Note: Do little adjustment by dragging each line if needed.

Split table in Google Docs

Well, it’s quite easy to split a table in Google Docs using the below quick steps.

As a first step, let’s add a table to Google Docs.

1. Click on the Insert menu –> select table –> Choose 4 X 4 table.

2. Select the last two rows of the table.

3. Now, drag the selected two rows of the table towards down. Now it should look like below.

4. Now select again the two rows of the first table as explained on the Step-2. Rightclick on the selected table –> choose the Delete 2 rows option as shown below.

5. Now, we are able to split the table sucessfully and the table looks like below.

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Wrapping Up

In this article, we have discussed How To Move A Table In Google Docs, and along with that we have also discussed the below topics

• How To Move Table Freely In Google Docs
• How To Select A Table In Google Docs
• How To Rotate Table In Google Docs
• How To Center A Table In Google Docs
• How To Put Tables Side By Side In Google Docs
• Placing Tables Side By Side in Google Docs
• How To Make Table Fit Page In Google Docs
• Split table in Google Docs

Hope you have enjoyed this article !!!