Entire Table Tab

The Entire Table Tab of the Tables dialog is used to create new tables and to edit existing tables. Open the Tables dialog by clicking Format, Tables, Create or Format, Tables, Table Editor and click on the Entire Table tab.

If your cursor is not in a table, the top half will be active and can be used to create a new table. For information about how to create a table, see Tables.

If your cursor is in a previously-created table, the bottom half of Entire Table Tab will be active and can be used to edit the table as follows:

Type/Borders/Widths: Click Type/Borders/Widths to change the settings for the table that were established when you created the table. The Edit Table dialog will appear on your screen. This is a slightly revised version of the Create Table dialog that you used to create the table. See Create Table Dialog.

Quick Set Options: There are two options that allow you to change the style for your table.

• Click Overall Table (Text) Style to open a multi-tabbed Set Styles dialog that can be used to set a style for consistent use in your tables. You will be able to select the font, font size, indentation, spacing, etc. Once you give a style a name, you can select the style name for your table and be assured that each table will have the same font, font size, indentation, spacing, etc.

•Click Internal Margins/Gutters to use the Border Margins/Gutters dialog to set the margins between the borders and the text of each cell. See Border Margins/Gutters dialog.

Band Every Second Row: Click this box to shade or color every other row. Options can be selected to band every 3rd row (or 4th, 5th) and to select the color used.

Copy Table: Under Copy Table, there are check boxes. To copy the full table with the same number of rows and all of the text, all three boxes should be checked. If you want to copy the table without the text, the Text box should be unchecked. If you want to copy only the format of the table and start with only one row, then the Rows box should be unchecked.

Paste Table: If you have used the Copy Table function above to copy a table, the table can be pasted to a new location by clicking the Paste Table icon. Note that Ctrl+V cannot be used to paste the table.

Delete Table. With your cursor in the table, click Delete Table to delete the table.

Sort Table. With your cursor in the table, click Sort Table. The Columns Sort dialog will open. Select the column to sort by, the order (ascending or descending), the type (alphabetical or numeric), and the number of characters the program will take into account in sorting. The second row can be used if there will be identical cells in the first row. The first row can be skipped if it is used as a heading. After making selections, click Sort.

Split Table: With your cursor in one of the rows of the table, click the blue down arrow to split the table below the row or the blue up arrow to split the table above the row.

Combine Table: Two tables can be combined. Click the blue i for instructions.