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How to Add a Table to Gmail

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How to Add a Table to Gmail

Gmail is one of the world’s most popular email platform. While there are other email platform, Gmail stands out in that it has a great user experience and integrates seamlessly with other apps in the Google ecosystem. This makes Google lovers use it as their primary email platform

Right from composing emails to sorting emails, Gmail gives users (and including us) an intuitive experience. Have you ever wondered how you can send tables in emails on Gmail. Maybe you’ve longed to always to know how to do this. Well, in this guide today, we present a workaround that can allow you to do that.

How to Use Tables in Gmail

Gmail was not built with a table tool. That is you cannot create table directly in Gmail. But there’s a workaround.

Google Sheet is Gmail sister tool for creating and manipulating spreadsheets. A workaround that can allow you have tables in your Gmail message is by using Google Sheet to first create the table and then pasting the table into Gmail. Gmail will still preserve the same formatting you had on Google Sheet. With this hack, you can successfully use tables in your emails.

How to Import Table from Google Sheets to Gmail on Desktop

1. Go to the Google Sheets website on your web browser.

2. When the Sheet website opens, you can choose a spreadsheet you’ve already made or create a new one. To create a new one, click Blank.

Create Spreadsheet; Photo by About Device

3. Insert the necessary details into the sheet

4. Next, select the area that has the data you want to copy to the email. You can use your mouse to make the selection.

5. Next, copy the area you selected to your clipboard. You can use Ctrl+C or Cmd+C for this.

Copy Spreadsheet; Photo by About Device

6. Once the table is copied, you can then proceed to the email in Gmail to paste.

7. Do this in Gmail by first selecting the Compose button and then pasting it in the new email window. You can either right-click on the email window and select Paste from the resulting menu. Or, simply press Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.

Paste Table; Photo by About Device

The table will then be pasted in your Gmail email. You can now proceed to send your email with the table in it.

Table in Gmail; Photo by About Device

How to Import Tables from Google Sheets to Gmail on Mobile

The Gmail Android or iOS app is also a great way of handling emails from your mobile device. You’ll need an app like Google Sheets to create the table. Here’s how to do it:

1. Launch Google Sheet on your Android or iOS device.

2. If you already have a spreadsheet created, simply open it. If you don’t, create a new one by tapping the + icon at the bottom-right corner.

3. If you’re creating a new spreadsheet, simply enter the data you want in the spreadsheet.

4. Next, on the spreadsheet, select the portion of the spreadsheet you want to copy. You can do this by dragging from the top-left corner down to the bottom-right corner.

5. Next, copy the table you just selected by tapping and holding on the table which will bring up a menu. Then select Copy from the menu.

Copy Table; Photo by About Device

6. You can then paste the copied table into Gmail. Do this by launching the Gmail app and then tap Compose.

7. Now you want to paste the table. Right from the Compose screen, tap and hold the Compose Email box. From the resulting menu, tap Paste.

Once you do that, the table will be pasted into the Email you are composing.

Pasted Table in Gmail; Photo by About Device

You can then enter the necessary details into the necessary field.

Rounding Up…

Having to work with tables might be necessary for the kind of emails you send. Though, it may come as a discouragement when Gmail doesn’t have a built-in table too, but with Google Sheets, there are no worries. You can easily create your table and import it into Gmail. We hope you found this guide helpful? If you did, kindly leave a comment and don’t forget to share.

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