PowerPoint always had the ability to create tables in slides, including an table AutoLayout. These capabilities have been improved in PowerPoint 2000.
| Clicking on the Insert Table button (or using the table AutoLayout) allows you create a table with however many columns or rows you need. However, you can also draw the table as if using a pencil to do it. |
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| Under the Tables and Borders button is a toolbar that will let you draw the table by clicking and dragging rows and columns. |
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| The Tables and Borders Toolbar will allow you to add and remove lines from the table. You can draw rows, columns, and even diagonal lines in the cells. | |
Click here to see a video demo of a table being created, including adding and removing lines. (1.5MB)
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