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'''[[help:Tables|Tables]]''' are a common way of displaying data. This tutorial provideprovides a guide onto making new tables and editing existing ones. For guidelines on when and how to use tables, see the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables|Manual&nbsp;of&nbsp;Style]].

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The easiest way to insert a new table is usingto use the editing toolbar whichthat appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the [[File:VectorOOjs toolbarUI inserticon table button.pngsvg|25px20px|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.

Tables in Wikipedia, particularly large ones, can look intimidating to edit, but the way they work is very simple.

'''[[help:Tables|Tables]]''' are a common way of displaying data. This tutorial provide a guide on making new tables and editing existing ones. For guidelines on when and how to use tables, see the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables|Manual&nbsp;of&nbsp;Style]].

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The easiest way to insert a new table is using the editing toolbar which appears when you edit a page (see above). Clicking the [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button.png|25px|link=]] 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 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.

Tables in Wikipedia, particularly large ones, can look intimidating to edit, but the way they work is very simple.

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[[Category:Wikipedia tables]]

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