The operation of deleting a table in a document of an office application Word included in the Microsoft Office package refers to the standard actions of the program and can be performed by the user without the involvement of additional third-party software.
Necessary
Microsoft Word
Instructions
Step 1
Start the Office application Word included with the Microsoft Office suite and open the document to be edited.
Step 2
Call the context menu of the selected table by clicking anywhere, go to the "Layout" item.
Step 3
Click the "Delete" button in the "Table Tools" section to delete the table and its contents and go to the "Rows and Columns" section.
Step 4
Press the "Delete" button again in the selected section and select the "Delete table" command to confirm the delete operation.
Step 5
Select the entire table to be deleted to perform alternative actions to delete the table and select the "Delete" item in the "Table" menu of the upper toolbar of the program window.
Step 6
Use the "Delete" command to confirm the operation.
Step 7
Click on the left edge of a cell to select it and press the Del function key to delete the selected cell, or click on the left edge of the line to be edited to select it and press the Del key to delete the selected line.
Step 8
Click on the border of the column to be edited to select it and press the Del key to delete it, or use the selection of several table elements while holding down the Ctrl function key to define the table components to be deleted. Press the Del key to complete the operation
Step 9
Select the Tab key or the Shift + Tab key combination to select text in the next or previous table cell, respectively. Press the Del key to delete the selected text in the selected cell.
Step 10
Point to Select from the Table menu in the top toolbar of the Word window to select the columns, rows, or the entire table to be deleted, and press Del.
