[mrki444]

Table is great way to present some data. You can make it into Excel or Word, if we look into Office Package.
(Libre office alternative offer Writer and Impress).

If you make it into Word, from my experience, you can make more design details. Steps are very simple: go into Insert Tab, choose Table and choose number of rows and columns.



In excel, from my experience, you can do less design details. It is little more complicated to change line thickness and some other details but you can much easier add diagram from table data. Excel is already big table.

Both programs have advantages and disadvantages. What do you use for make tables?

[Milllyxy]

I can also use Ms word to do this but I prefer using Ms excel cause Excel was made for those kind of stuffs.

[Netherrealmer]

I use excel so I wont need to make lines. This may sound weird but my dad type documents in excel because the lines makes him less confused. Then he copy paste it in word for printing.

[mrki444]

This may sound weird but my dad type documents in excel because the lines makes him less confused.

This is not weird. I know several people who use lines when they typing. A lot of people can't read or write good as on paper. On paper they use pen to follow rows but on screen they can't so they use lines.
I know few my older colleague who use same thing.

[skysnap]

I use both Excel and Word for the making tables. Also for the desktop publishing option, I have found out that Adobe Indesign is good for print specific files.

[monster_masterpiece]

I am comment with using Word for tabulation but if it includes calculation I switch to Excel use.

[mrki444]

I use both Excel and Word for the making tables. Also for the desktop publishing option, I have found out that Adobe Indesign is good for print specific files.

I had use Indesign on few projects. I like option to set paper size at start. But I would never make table in Indesign. I would import it from Word. Indesign is great for preparing objects before print or publish but not for do it from scratch.

[skysnap]

I had use Indesign on few projects. I like option to set paper size at start. But I would never make table in Indesign. I would import it from Word. Indesign is great for preparing objects before print or publish but not for do it from scratch.

Depends on how you see it. Some tables for print and web ebooks, are better through indesign and not using word or excel for that makes sense.

[ptrikha21]

I create Tables mostly from the CREATE TABLE DDL command in Oracle !!

Yet as for serious work, I also prefer the Word Document table. I also have resizing plus other settings issue with Excel.
Does Libre office come with a free downloadable version?

[skysnap]

Does Libre office come with a free downloadable version?

Onlyoffice, staroffice, libreoffice all of them have the option for the same if I am not wrong.

[mrki444]

I create Tables mostly from the CREATE TABLE DDL command in Oracle !!

How do you export it into Word or print it out? Can you add colors and different lines?

[ptrikha21]

Does Libre office come with a free downloadable version?

Onlyoffice, staroffice, libreoffice all of them have the option for the same if I am not wrong.

I used Star Office long time back but was not satisfied much. Will try Libre Office.

-- 20 Dec 2020, 23:42 --

I create Tables mostly from the CREATE TABLE DDL command in Oracle !!

How do you export it into Word or print it out? Can you add colors and different lines?

Well, the "Create Table" bit was in a kind of a fun way.
Those "tables" are RDBMS tables. It is another thing that we can export data in a Table in csv format which does opens up in Excel and we can use some tools to make graphical representation of that data.

Yet for other kinds of work, I prefer making tables in MS-WORD.

[uobill]

I use CryptPad. It is an alternative to Google Suite that has much better policies on privacy. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet software, and presentation software.

[mrki444]

I use CryptPad. It is an alternative to Google Suite that has much better policies on privacy. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet software, and presentation software.

Does it support MS formats? What is default format for text processor? When you open .docx in Cryptpad processor does it change to much? OpenOffice sometimes don't load all images or move them for few lines.

[freelancermariagrace]

When creating tables, I usually use MS Excel since I am quite familiar with it.

[mrki444]

When creating tables, I usually use MS Excel since I am quite familiar with it.

Did you ever do some advanced functions or formulas in Excel? Maybe some VBA Form?

[aecel]

I'm more familiar with doing tables in Excel well for me it's easier than MS Word.

[HENRY@147]

Tables are created in both Excel and word. I usually make my tables in Excel because I emam conversant with Excel than the Word.

[katkat]

I am more comfortable using Excel to do table. I just wish that I can have the time to learn how to do it in word. But because it is very easy in Excel so most times I do it there.

[Angie10]

I very rarely create spreadsheets and tables now. However, whenever I need to, I either use Numbers (iOS) or Ms Excel. I'm ok with those but I'm lucky because my husband is an expert in this area. Sometimes I find I need to lean on him.