How to Insert a Table in Gmail [2 Methods]

One of the most popular email clients in the world is Gmail. Everyone uses their Gmail account specifically to send and receive work and personal emails, and most importantly also send small files as attachments. The most used case for Gmail would be by sending messages as plain texts. But, did you know that you can insert a table in Gmail?

Yes, you can easily add a table to the message body of Gmail. And no, we are not talking about sharing a Google Doc or Google Sheets link in the message body. We are talking about an actual table with rows, columns, and data filled into the table. If you are curious about how this can be done, checkout the mentioned methods.

How to Add a Table in Gmail

There are many ways that you can follow to insert or add a table to your Gmail message body. Let’s take a look at the first one.

Copying a Table From Google Docs/ Google Sheets

For this method, you can use either Microsoft or Googleโ€™s version of Docs and Sheets. Let’s take a look at the steps.

  1. Open up your favorite application. You can choose Microsoft Word/Excel or Google Docs/Sheets.
  2. Now, create a table and fill it with the necessary information.
    How to insert table in a Gmail
  3. Copy the table that you have just created.
  4. Open Gmail in your favorite web browser and sign in with your Google account.
  5. Now, click on the Compose button to create a new email.
    How to insert table in a Gmail
  6. Simply paste the table into the message body of Gmail.
    How to insert table in a Gmail
  7. If, you want to adjust the data in your table within Gmail, click on the three dots and select whether you want to have plain text enabled or plain text disabled.

When you have pasted the table using this method, you must understand that no changes can be made to the table when it is inside Gmail. To make changes, edit the table in Excel/Word/Docs or Sheets and then paste it back into Gmail.

Now, let’s take a look at another method that lets you create a table in Gmail itself.

Tables for Gmail by cloudHQ

As the name suggests, this is a browser add-on that you can install on many Chromium-based web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and others browsers. With the help of this add-on you can easily create a table within Gmail by setting the number of rows and columns. All you need to do is install this chrome extension on your web browser, and you are good to go.

Once the extension has been installed, simply do the following:

  1. Open Gmail in the web browser that has the extension.
  2. Now, click on Compose.
  3. To the right of the blue Send button, you will see a new three dot icon.
    How to insert table in a Gmail
  4. Click on the icon and choose Table. You can customize the table.
    How to insert table in a Gmail
  5. These are the following elements that you can set
    • Rows
    • Columns
    • Spacing
    • Padding
    • Border Color
    • Width
    • Add Header
    • Header Background
    • Add Column Header
    • Header column background
  6. Once you have added all the details inside your table, you can send it right away.

Additionally, you can also make use of the below Chrome-based extension to insert a table into Gmail.

Quick Tables for Gmail works the same as the previously mentioned extension. Once you install it, simply compose a new email and click on the table icon to the right of the blue send button. You can easily create the table with the number of rows and columns of your choice, as well as add color to the table headers.

One of the best things about these extensions is that they are free to use. And they work directly with creating your table inside Gmail itself.

This concludes everything that you need to know about inserting a table into Gmail. Now that you have two methods to choose from, simply decide on the method that will work for you. If you have a professionally designed table with a lot of data, it is best to copy and paste the table into Gmail. If you have to create a rough table that needs to be sent, simply make use of the extensions to create your table inside Gmail.

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