Learn To Use Tables And Lists In Apple Mail

Build Tables in Text Edit for Mac Mail

To use tables and lists in messages created with Mac OS X Mail:

Create a new message in Apple Mail by clicking the New Message button, selecting New Message under the File menu, or pressing Command+N on your keyboard. Launch TextEdit from the Applications folder. In TextEdit, make sure the current document mode is set to rich text. Select ​Format > Make Rich Text from the menu if you don’t see a formatting toolbar at the top of the TextEdit window. The keyboard shortcut is Command+Shift+T. To create a list, click the Lists Bullets and Numbering drop-down menu in the formatting toolbar and select the desired list type. To create a table, select Format > Table… from the menu bar. Enter the number of rows and columns you want in the table. Select an alignment and specify the cell border and background color, if any. Type the text into the cells of the table.   Highlight the TextEdit list or table you want to use in your email. Press ​Command + C to copy the table. Switch to Mail. In the email, position the cursor where you want to insert the list or table. Press Command + V to paste the table into the email. Continue editing your message in Mail.

Formatting Lists in Mac Mail

You don’t have to use TextEdit to format a list in Mail. To insert a list directly in email using Mac Mail, select Format > Lists from the Mail menu while composing an email, and select either ​Insert Bulleted List or Insert Numbered List on the menu that appears.