Working with Layout

Working with Table

Creating Table

Table consists of rows and columns. Creating a table fills the width of the text frame. Tables flow with surrounding text just as inline graphics do. For example, a table moves through threaded frames when the text above it changes in point size or when text is added or deleted. However, a table cannot appear on a text-on-path frame.

Table is created in three ways:

• Table from scratch • Table from existing text. • Embed a table within a table.

Table from scratch

• Click on Type Tool and place the insertion point where the table is to appear. • Select Table > Insert Table. • Specify the numbers of rows and columns. • Click OK.

Table from existing file

1. Insert tabs, commas, paragraph returns, or another character to separate columns. and rows. 2. Click Type tool and select the text. 3. Click Table > Convert Text To Table. 4. For both Column Separator and Row Separator, indicate where new rows and columns should begin. Choose Tab, Comma, or Paragraph, or type the character, such as a semicolon (;), in the Column Separator and Row Separator field. 5. Click OK.

Embed a table within a table.

• Select table • Select Edit > Cut or Copy. • Place the insertion point in the cell where you want the table to appear. • Choose Edit > Paste. • Click Table > Insert Table, specify the number of rows and columns, and then click OK.

Inserting Rows and Columns in Table

To insert Rows

• Place the insertion point in a row below or above where you want the new row to appear. • Choose Table > Insert > Row. • Specify the number of rows you want.

To insert Columns

• Place the insertion point in a column next to where you want the new column to appear. • Choose Table > Insert > Column. • Specify the number of columns you want.

Deleting Rows or Columns or Table

To delete a row, column, or table, place the insertion point inside the table, or select text in the table, and then choose Table > Delete > Row, Column, or Table.

Merging Cells

You can combine two or more cells in the same row or column into a single cell.

• Using the Type tool , select the cells you want to merge. • Choose Table > Merge Cells

Split Cells

• Select a row, column, or block of cells. • Click Table > Split Cell Vertically or Split Cell Horizontally.

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