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Welcome to the help page for tables!
'''[[help:Tables|Tables]]''' are a commonly-usedcommon way of displaying information, particularly in articles that contain lists. As with all things on Wikipedia, however, they require some explanationdata. This tutorial aims at providingprovides a guide onto howmaking to makenew tables; ifand youediting areexisting lookingones. for theFor policyguidelines on when and how to use themtables, look atsee the '''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables|Manual of Style]]'''.
The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the [[File:OOjs UI icon table.svg|20px|class=skin-invert|link=|alt=Table icon]] button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article. Then you can replace the "Example" text with the data you want to be displayed.
If you have the enhanced editing toolbar (as seen on the right), there's an easy way to create a simple table. Just click "advanced", and then the icon that looks like a table: [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button.png]] (second from the right). This should generate something that looks like this:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! header 1
! header 2
! header 3
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| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
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| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
|}
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Tables in Wikipedia, particularly large ones, can look intimidating to edit, but the way they work is simple.
All you have to do is place this where you want it in the article, edit it to match the information you're trying to display, and hit save. You can add more headers by adding another line in the "header" section, more rows, or remove headers or rows if you're looking for a smaller table.
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[[Category:Wikipedia quick introductionstables]] ▼If you don't have the enhanced editing toolbar, you'll want to '''[[Help:Table/Manual tables|create the tables manually]]'''. If you're looking for other ways to format the table, you should start '''[[Help:Table/Sortable tables|here]]'''.
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