How to insert a table in PowerPoint 2013

Microsoft Powerpoint slideshows usually grab audience attention better when they contain media.

It can be a photo or video, as well as data.

One good way to present data is to use a table. The tutorial below will show you how to insert a table in Powerpoint 2013 by following a small series of steps.

Once you have a table on a slide, you will be able to add data to it, as well as change its appearance.

How to create a table in PowerPoint 2013

  1. Open the presentation.
  2. Select a slide.
  3. Click Paste.
  4. Select the table, then the number of rows and columns.

Our guide continues below with more information on how to insert a table in Powerpoint 2013, including images of these steps.

Powerpoint slideshow is a type of document that is meant to be shown to an audience to convey a piece of information.

While many presentations focus simply on presenting this information as effectively as possible, you may find that you need to take extra steps to present data that cannot be inserted as a point or in a text box.

One effective way to do this is to use a table that you can create and add to your slides directly from the Powerpoint app.

The tutorial in this article will show you how to create a table and insert it into your presentation slide so you can present a set of data as a table.

After creating the table, you can even change its appearance to make it more attractive.

If you’re also working on slideshows in Google Slides, see our guide on how to add bullets in Google Slides to learn how to conveniently format lists in your slides.

How to add a table to a PowerPoint slide (photo guide)

The steps below will show you how to add a table directly to a slide in a PowerPoint 2013 presentation.

Once you’ve inserted a table, you can use the Table Tools menu at the top of the window to change the table’s appearance, and you can also use the handles on the table borders to adjust its size.

Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation to which you want to add a table.

Step 2: Select the slide where the table will be inserted.

Select the slide for the table

Step 3: Click the Insert tab at the top of the window.

Click on the tab

Step 4: Click the Table button in the navigation bar at the top of the window, then select Table Dimensions.

How to insert a table in PowerPoint 2013

Now that you’ve completed the steps to insert a table into Powerpoint, you may find that you need to adjust some formatting or layout options for that table.

Note that this Table drop-down list also contains options for drawing a table or inserting a table from an Excel spreadsheet.

As mentioned earlier, there will now be a Table Tools tab at the top of the window, and Design and Layout tabs below it. You can use the options on these tabs to change the look of the table.

List of table tools

Is there a slide in your presentation that you want to use in another document? Save your Powerpoint slide as an image so that it can be used in any JPEG-compatible program.