Word 2007 has a list of pre-formatted tables you can quickly insert. To view the list of built-in tables click Insert tab, in Tables group click Table button to Quick Tables and you'll see a gallery of tables, and click on the one to insert it. Once inserted you can then click inside the table to display the "contextual" or related tabs up on the Ribbon bar: Design and Layout. From these tabs you can work to tweak the formatting and layout a bit more to your liking with you table. There's even an option to create your own custom table and save it in the the Quick Table Selection Gallery, yeah! It will only be available in your current document, but can be saved to be in all new documents.

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