Place the insertion point where you want the table to begin, then go to Table on the Menu bar and select Insert then Table. You will now get a dialog box asking how many rows and columns you want and how you want column widths handled. (Don?t worry about this latter too much as you can later adjust each column to the desired width by dragging.) You now have a table you can start filling in.
There are so many options for formatting the table and customizing its appearance that I will not attempt to discuss them here. Many of these you get by selecting the table (have the insertion point in the table, then go to Table > Select > Table) and then going to Table > Table Properties. Here you can customize of cells, rows, columns and the table as a whole. Many of the options are intuitive, but some are not. The best way to learn all these features is to set up a table and then try the various options to see what they do and how.
You also have the option of sorting the table, much like in Excel, and there are a few functions that can be used, but not nearly as many as in Excel.
You could, of course, paste an Excel table into Word or use OLE to link or embed it. However, I generally prefer to create the table in Word as I have better control of its final appearance. On the other hand, if you have data in Excel that changes with time and you want the table in Word to always reflect the latest, then OLE is the way to go.
Hope this helps
Frank
Hello there,
Quick question on how to make the excel like Table in Microsoft Word?
For example, The table is 2 conlumns, 3 rows in general.
on the 1st conlumn, I only want to have 2 rows, but one the 2nd column, I can have 3 rows.
Is there a way to do this?
any help is appreciated!

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