Faq/Writer/136

How to create a table in a Writer document
There are many ways of doing this:
 * menu
 * select some text, then
 * using toolbars (Standard or Insert): click on the Insert Table icon
 * using Auto-Correct: to get a table with 3 cells, enter +---+---+---+ (the plus signs indicate the column separators, the number of hyphens represents the column width)
 * copy and paste in RTF format from Calc
 * insert using AutoText
 * insert using a “placeholder”:, Field type -> Placeholder, Format -> Table '''
 * use the shortcut for
 * display the data-source window by using the key and then use