To insert a table, take the following steps:
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Place the cursor in the position for insertion.
Place the cursor in the Editing Window or in the ContentMap in the position where you want to insert a table.
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Call up the
Insert Table Dialog.
To call up the
Insert Table Dialog, do one of the following:
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Choose .
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Click the
Insert Table button
on the toolbar.
The
Insert Table Dialog will appear.
Figure 1.
Insert Table Dialog.
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Specify table size.
On the
Table Size pane, do the following:
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Specify the number of columns.
Type the value or click the
Up and
Down buttons of the
Columns spinner.
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Specify the number of rows.
Type the value or click the
Up and
Down buttons of the
Rows spinner.
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Specify table sections.
On the
Table Sections pane, do the following:
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Specify whether there should be a title.
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To insert the
table element with a title, check the
Has Title checkbox.
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To insert the
informaltable element without a title, uncheck the
Has Title checkbox.
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Specify whether there should be a header.
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To insert a table with a header, check the
Has Header checkbox.
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To insert a table without a header, uncheck the
Has Header checkbox.
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Specify whether there should be a footer.
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To insert a table with a footer, check the
Has Footer checkbox.
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To insert a table without a footer, uncheck the
Has Footer checkbox.
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Specify whether to add the
colsep attribute.
When there's no
colsep attribute or when the colsep attribute value is "
1", columns have separators.
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Specify whether the table should have a unique ID.
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To insert a table with a unique ID, check the
Generate Unique ID for Table checkbox.
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To insert a table without a unique ID, uncheck the
Generate Unique ID for Table checkbox.
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Specify table layout options.
On the
Table Layout Options pane, do the following:
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Specify table width.
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To make the table span the full page width, check the
Spans whole page checkbox.
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To make the table width depend on the content of the cells, uncheck the
Spans whole page checkbox.
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Specify where the frame should be.
From the
Frame drop-down list, select one of the items:
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For a border on all sides, select
All.
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For a bottom border only, select
Bottom.
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For left and right borders only, select
Sides.
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For a top border only, select
Top.
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For top and bottom borders only, select
Top and Bottom.
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For no border, select
No Frame.
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Specify column attributes if needed.
To specify individual attributes for each column, do the following:
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Click the
Column Attributes button.
The
Column Attributes Dialog will appear.
Figure 2.
Column Attributes Dialog.
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Specify the
Name,
Width and
Align values as needed.
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Check/uncheck the
Column Separator and
Row Separator checkboxes as needed.
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Click
OK.
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Insert a table.
To insert a table with the specified parameters in your document, click
OK.
Note:
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To close the dialog without inserting a table, click
Cancel.
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To call up the help file for the dialog, click
Help.