How to split table horizontally or vertically in a Word document?

If you have a large table in your Word document, now, you want to split the table horizontally or vertically into two or more tables. How could you solve this task in a Word file?

Split table horizontally into two or more tables in a Word documents

Split table vertically into two or more tables in a Word documents

Split table horizontally into two or more tables in a Word documents

To split one table into two or more tables horizontally, the below methods can do you a favor, please do as this:

1. Click a cell in your table where you want to split from, and in the Table Tools tab, click Layout > Split Table, see screenshot:

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2. And the table has been split into two tables horizontally as following screenshot shown:

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Notes:

1. To split table to more tables, you just need to repeat the above steps as you need.

2. You can also use an easy shortcut key to split a table into multiple tables, please put the cursor at the cell where you want to split from, and then press Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter keys together to split the table into two parts.

Split table vertically into two or more tables in a Word documents

If you need to split a table into two or more tables vertically, please apply the following steps:

1. Firstly, please put cursor below the target table and press Enter to get at least two paragraph marks. See screenshot:

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2. Then select the whole columns that you want to split as a new table, and drag it to the second paragraph mark, the original table has been split to two tables as following screenshot shown:

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3. Next, you should click the plus sign on the upper-left of second table to select it. And then, drag and place it on the right side of the first table. See screenshot:

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4. Now, you can see, the original table has been split into two tables vertically, you can repeat the above steps to split it into more tables as you need.