Merging, splitting, and resizing table cells – Apple Pages 2 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Creating Tables

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To add a header row or column:

Select the table. Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Table Inspector button, and

then select the Header Row or Header Column checkbox (or both) in the Table pane.

Select the table and choose Format > Table > Show Header Row or Format > Table >

Show Header Column.

Merging, Splitting, and Resizing Table Cells

Merging table cells combines adjacent cells into one, eliminating the border so that

they behave as a single cell.

Splitting cells divides each selected cell into two equal parts, horizontally (rows) or

vertically (columns). Both of the new cells have identical background colors or images.

Any text that was in the original cell remains in the top-most or leftmost cell.

You can split and merge cells using any table formatting menu. To resize table cells,

use controls in the Table pane of the Table Inspector.

To merge table cells:

Select a group of two or more adjacent table cells. The group of cells you choose must

form a rectangle.

Open a table formatting menu and choose Merge Cells.

You can use the Edit Rows & Columns pop-up menu in the Table pane of the Table

Inspector. Alternatively, you can choose Format > Table or hold down the Control key

as you click the table again.

Merging horizontally contiguous cells containing only text or a mixture of text,

numbers, formatted numbers, and formulas joins the content from all the original cells

as text separated by tabs. Merging vertically contiguous cells containing only text or a

mixture of text, numbers, formatted numbers, and formulas joins the content from all

the cells as text separated by carriage returns.

When merging column cells, the cell background takes on the image or color that was

in the top-most cell. When merging row cells, the cell background takes on the image

or color that was in the leftmost cell.

When a cell containing text, a number, a formula, or a formatted number is merged

with empty cells, the new cell retains the content of the non-empty cell.