One of the easiest ways to make sure that your tables are consistent throughout your Microsoft Word documents is to create one, and then use that as the template for the others. Basically, once you create your template table you cut and paste it to other parts of your document to use it as a base. Sounds simple right? It is, however sometimes it can be difficult to select all the rows and columns in your table by highlighting them. This can especially be true if your table is large and spans multiple pages and/or the rows of your table break across multiple pages.

Fortunately, a quick and easy way exists to select an entire table with only a couple of clicks. First, click anywhere inside of the table you want to highlight. Then, go to the top menu and select Table. From this menu, select Select and then Table. The entire table will then be selected.

This little shortcut can also be used to select an entire row, column, or cell in your table. All you have to do is replace the last step with the component that you want to select. For example, if I wanted to select a row, in the last step above instead of selecting Table I would select Row.

It may seem simple, but this method will save you time and headaches in the long run like it has for me.