insert table in Microsoft Outlook

Hi alan1,

First, make sure Word is your email editor and HTML is the format.

  Tools / Options / Mail Format

  Compose: click HTML

  Select the Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages check box.

To insert a table:
   1. Put your cursor where you want the table to be inserted.
   2. Do one of the following:
    * Go to the Table menu, put your cursor over Insert, and click
Table. Or,
    * Click the Table button.
   2. An Insert Table box will appear.
   3. Specify the number Columns and Rows you want your table to have,
and then click OK. A table will be inserted into your document.
   4. Put your cursor anywhere inside the table and click. A table
toolbar will appear near the top of your screen.
   5. You can now type data (text or numbers) in the cells of your
table. Note that the table toolbar has a button that allows you to
insert a checkmark symbol into a cell - a useful symbol to have quick
access to.
http://www.e-press.com/webhelp/wordhelp/Inserting_Tables.htm

MS Assistance Center: Insert the table into a message:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2002/articles/olwebInsertTableInMsg.aspx

I hope this helps. If you have any questions or if I've misunderstood
your question, please post a clarification request before rating my
answer.

Thank you, 
hummer

Google Search Terms Used:
outlook "inserting tables"

---

Request for Answer Clarification by alan1-ga on 03 Jul 2003 13:16 PDT

Thank you, I was not using HTML format and it made the difference. 
Will this also work when inserting an excel file into the Outlook
document?

Regards,

Alan

---

Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 03 Jul 2003 16:05 PDT

Hi Alan,

Great! Glad to hear the HTML was the fixer-upper. I'm sorry it has
taken me so long to get back to you in regards to your new question,
but it's taken a while to find what I hope will work for you.

"Set your default e-mail format editor to RichText, then you can
Insert the
object into the message field of the mail item.  I do not suggest
doing this, as running an Excel workbook from an Exchange folder, is a
real time-consuming and annoying process.  Much better to forward the
item and let the receiver save it to the file system and run it as a
regular Excel workbook."
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=9DF3848A6FF447BE.67B912FF135E0536.61E45EAEBADF239D%40library-proxy.airnews.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26as_qdr%3Dall%26q%3Dinsert%2Bexcel%2Bdocument%2Binto%2Boutlook%26meta%3D%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg

If that doesn't work, I'm sure someone will post a comment if they
know how to do it, or you could try posting another question.

Fingers crossed,
hummer

Additional Links:

How to import Excel file into Outlook 2002's Contacts:
http://uslinux.ied.edu.hk/stffaq/2.30.html

Import Spreadsheet Template:
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/ContactImport.htm