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How do you clear the text in a table in Word so that you have a blank table?

Anonymous
2012-02-16T14:41:26+00:00

I am trying to clear text from a table which I will use again with different information.  It used to be pretty simple in Word 2007 but I cannot find how to do so in Word 2010.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

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  1. Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2012-02-16T15:14:33+00:00

    It is still quite simple:

    1. Select the whole table. There are several ways to do this: (a) right-click in the table and choose Select > Table; or (b) move the mouse over the table and click the little box of arrows that appears at the top left corner; or (c) move the cursor just above the top row so it becomes a down-pointing arrow, and drag it across all the columns.
    2. Press the Delete key.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-16T15:49:49+00:00

    This deletes the cells which is not what I want to do.  I only want to clear the information from them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-16T20:05:54+00:00

    I FINALLY figured out my mistake - I was hitting the backspace key and not the delete key.  (sigh)  Thank you very much for your assistance and have a great afternoon!

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  3. Charles Kenyon 166.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2012-02-16T18:51:02+00:00

    Are you picking delete from the right-click menu, or using the Delete key? You need to use the Delete key.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-04T11:42:29+00:00

    Awesome!  That was exactly what I needed to know how to do & worked like a charm.  Thanks!

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