Making the Cells of a Table Square

Tables can be very handy for organizing information in a document. Word provides the tools you need to create, edit, and format tables. In formatting a table, you may wonder about the best way to "square" all the cells in the table so that they are the same height and width. You can accomplish the task by following these steps:

1. Insert the table as you normally would, making sure it has the desired number of rows and columns.
2. Select the entire table.
3. Make sure that the paragraphs in the table are formatted so there is no space before or after. (Display the Home tab of the ribbon, click the small icon at the lower-right corner of the Paragraph group, and set Before and After to zero.)
4. Display the Layout tab of the ribbon.
5. In the Cell Size group, specify identical sizes in the Height and Width boxes.
6. Click the small icon at the lower-right of the Cell Size group. Word displays the Table tab of the Table Properties dialog box.
7. Click the Options button. Word displays the Table Options dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
8. Make sure all four cell margins are set to the same value.
9. Clear the Automatically Resize to Fit Contents check box.
10. Close all the open dialog boxes.