If you want to insert a table in Gmail, you might be wondering where is the option. I’ll show you how to insert a table into your email in this tutorial, so read this article to the end.
When you want to include information in a structured Gmail message, you may want to use a table.
Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to insert a table in Gmail directly, because there’s no tool for creating tables. While it’s not possible to officially add a table to a Gmail message, there are ways to work around the problem.
For example, you can use Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel to create a table, then copy and paste it into the body of your Gmail message. To do this, here is what you have to do.
Create Tables in Sheets or Excel
First, you have to create a table in a third-party tool. Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel are perfect for this, as the data is already separated into a table-like structure.
To get started, open Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel and enter your data. You can format the data using bold or italics for fonts, currency, or decimals for numbers, cell borders — whatever you want and need from your table.
This formatting will carry over when you copy and paste the table in the body of your Gmail message.
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Copy Table From Spreadsheet or Excel
With your “table” data ready, select it and make sure to include all the cells. You can do it by dragging the cursor across the entered data.
Then, use one of these Copy actions:
- Right click and select Copy.
- Use keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C on Windows or Command+C on Mac.
- In Google Sheets, go to Edit > Copy.
- In Microsoft Excel, click Copy in the ribbon menu on Home.
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Paste Table into Gmail
Open Gmail and press the button on the top left to compose your message as usual. Place your cursor in the message body where you want to insert the table.
Then, use one of these Paste actions:
- Right click and select Paste.
- Use keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V on Windows or Command+V on Mac.
You will then see your data table is well formatted and structured in your email.
Edit Table in Gmail
Once you insert a table in Gmail, you are free to change it. You can edit data, reformat text, and add or remove data from tables after pasting into Gmail. The structure remains the same, as long as you don’t delete or modify any table cells.
But you can’t edit the table itself, like inserting columns, deleting rows, or adding borders.
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Using Plain Text Mode
If your table looks jumbled without any structure when you paste it, you might enable Plain Text Mode for your email. This mode will not display formatted tables.
To disable this, click the three dots at the bottom right of the message to open More Options. Then click Plain Text Mode to turn it off.
You can then delete the messy data and paste the table again. Then it will appear correctly.
Hopefully, the ability to insert tables into emails is a feature that Google will add to Gmail in the future. Until then, you can still add some structure and organization to the information you send in your message by copying and pasting the table into Gmail using the steps outlined above.
That’s the tutorial on how to insert a table in Gmail. I hope this article helped you! Thank you for visiting and don’t forget if you find this article useful, please share it with your friends too.
