If you tend to think of tables merely as containers for numbers, think again. Tables provide an excellent way to lay out and organize almost any kind of information. There are many ways to create a table, but the simplest and most versatile is to create an empty, unformatted table with a prescribed number of rows and columns. You can easily add content, and you can format and modify the table contents and layout later.
On the Insert tab, click the Table button. Move the mouse pointer to select the number of rows and columns you want in your table, and then click to insert the table.
Press Tab to move to the next cell, and add your content. (Press Enter only to start a new paragraph inside a table cell.) Continue pressing Tab and entering content to complete your table.
If you’ve reached the end of your table but you still need to enter more items, press Tab, and Word will create a new row.
"Creating a Table from Text" for information about converting existing text in paragraphs into text in a table.