Doing Tables In PowerPoint

Tables in PowerPoint is a light version of MS Word Tables.

1.  In MS Word Tables, I can use my Paint Brush for copying attributes and Tab Formatting.  In PowerPoint, I can make use of the Paint Brush but it will not work to copy Tab Settings.  

2.  Whether I use a Right Tab in the ruler for my Dollar Sign Lines and a Decimal Tab for my Non-Dollar Sign Lines, I still have to do Control Tab to get to the Decimal Align under PowerPoint.  In MS Word Tables, once you set a Decimal Align Tab, the cursor jumps right to the position of where you will type your first number and the number goes in from Right to Left.

3.  Dotted Leader on the Side Headings Portion in PowerPoint Tables.  To get a Dotted Leader Stemming from each side Heading, you set a Right Tab on the Ruler and under the Home Tab, go to Font and under Underline Type, choose the Dotted Line Type.  Now go to the end of line that needs the Dotted Leader and use Control Tab to jump over to the Right Tab you set in the Ruler. In MS Word this would have simply been taken care of with the Tab Setting Dialog Box by choosing selection No. 2 under Leader.

4.  Finally, because you cannot seem to Paint Tabs from one cell to another within PowerPoint Tables there is a crude way to cut down on some of the grunt work of setting Tabs line by line.  If you set up your Table in PowerPoint, and have, let us say the next five rows of a specific column that are using a specific tab type the trick is to create the new rows as you go along.  After you type each line,  press your Tab Key to force the creation of a new row.  Because it feeds off the prior row, it retains the tab settings you were using in the cells of the prior row.

Play around with PowerPoint when you can to become comfortable with PowerPoint Tables.

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