Objects
What this domain tests
This domain covers inserting non-text elements: tables, images, charts, shapes and text boxes. You must know how to create and edit a table (add/delete rows and columns, merge and split cells, adjust borders and shading), insert a picture and resize it, and control how objects interact with text.
Tables
A table is a grid of rows and columns of cells. You can insert and delete rows or columns, merge cells into one, split a cell, and apply borders and shading. Know that deleting cell contents is not the same as deleting the row or column itself.
Images and wrapping
When you insert a picture, you choose how text wraps around it: in line with text, square, tight, behind text, or in front of text. In line with text treats the image like a character; other options float it. Resizing from a corner handle keeps proportions; dragging a side handle stretches it.
Traps to watch
- Deleting content vs deleting structure: clearing a cell leaves the cell; deleting the row removes it.
- Merge combines cells; Split divides one cell - questions reverse these.
- Text wrapping changes how text flows; it does not resize the image.
- Resizing from a corner maintains aspect ratio; from an edge distorts it.
Rule of thumb
If text should flow around a picture, choose a wrapping style; if the picture should sit like a letter in a sentence, keep it in line with text.