5] Split Cells in Microsoft Word as required. OK, so we should point out that splitting cells in Microsoft Word is a bit complicated compared to merging them, but easy enough nonetheless.

Start Word and open the document containing the table you would like to split. Click the cursor in the first cell of the row in which you want to begin the second table.

Although Excel is the main Microsoft Office tool for tables, many of us still create and manage tables in Word. Throughout ...

For example, to change a 2-by-2 table to an 8-by-8 table, select the table, click the Split Cells button, and enter 8 for the number of columns and 8 for the number of rows.

2] Split a Word page in 4 quarters by creating a 2×2 table. Another way you can split the page of a Word document into 4 divisions, equal or unequal, the way you want is by inserting a 2×2 table ...