The PowerTools add-in has multiple tools that help create and format tables.

## Align to Table
### What It Does
Aligns selected shapes (e.g., icons, Harvey balls) to the center of the nearest table cell.
### When to Use It
Use when you’ve placed shapes over a table and want them centered in each cell without manual adjustments.
### How to Use It
1. Select the **table**
2. Select the **shapes** you want to align
3. Click **Align to Table** in the PowerTools toolbar
### Tips
- Make sure shapes are layered above the table, roughly in the respective cells you want them aligned to
- Useful for visual scoring tools like Harvey balls or checkmarks
## Transpose Table
### What It Does
Flips the table so that rows become columns and columns become rows.
### When to Use It
Use when you want to rotate your table layout without manually copying and reformatting data. This usually happens when you realize that your content does not fit in the table with its current setup of row and column titles.
### How to Use It
1. Right-click on the table
2. Choose **Transpose Table** from the contextual menu (under "PowerTools")
### Tips
- Best used on clean, uniformly sized tables
- Always check that formatting remains consistent after transposing
## Copy-Paste Cell Formatting
### What It Does
Copies the formatting (fill color, borders, font, etc.) from one cell and pastes it onto another.
### When to Use It
Use when you want consistent formatting across tables in the same slide or different slides.
### How to Use It
1. Right-click the source cell
2. Select **Copy Cell Format** from the contextual menu (under "PowerTools")
3. Right-click the target cell
4. Select **Paste Cell Format**
### Tips
- Will not work if you click on something else (e.g., another shape, the slide) before pasting the formatting; you need to copy-paste it right away
- Works well for ensuring brand consistency
- Especially helpful when copying border thickness, which is hard to match manually
## Sort Table
### What It Does
Sorts the selected table based on the values in a chosen row or column.
### When to Use It
Use when you need to quickly reorder data in a table and when your table doesn't have merged or split cells.
### How to Use It
1. Right-click the **table**
2. Choose **Sort Table** from the PowerTools contextual menu
3. Select the **sorting type and direction** from the pop-up
### Tips
- Works best when all rows or columns are fully filled
- Will not work if your table has merged or split cells
- Will not retain formatting if the text in your table has different formats (e.g., selective bolding)
## Move Column Left/Right
### What It Does
Moves a selected column left or right (or row up or down) within the table without needing to cut and paste.
### When to Use It
Use to reorder table content more efficiently.
### How to Use It
1. Select an entire column or row
2. Right-click and choose **Move Column Left**, **Move Column Right**, **Move Row Up**, or **Move Row Down** from the PowerTools contextual menu
### Tips
- Will not work if your table has merged or split cells
- Will not retain formatting if the text in your table has different formats (e.g., selective bolding)