Formatting tables, Resize columns, rows, and tables, Resize columns and rows – Adobe InCopy CC 2015 User Manual
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Last updated 6/13/2015
Formatting tables
Use the Control panel or Character panel to format text within a table—just like formatting text outside a table. In
addition, two main dialog boxes help you format the table itself: Table Options and Cell Options. Use these dialog boxes
to change the number of rows and columns, to change the appearance of the table border and fill, to determine the
spacing above and below the table, to edit header and footer rows, and to add other table formatting.
Use the Table panel, the Control panel, or the context menu to format the table structure. Select one or more cells and
then right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to display a context menu with table options.
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Resize columns, rows, and tables
You can resize columns, rows, and tables using a number of different methods.
Resize columns and rows
1
Select cells in the columns and rows you want to resize.
2
Do one of the following:
• In the Table panel, specify Column Width and Row Height settings.
• Choose Table > Cell Options > Rows And Columns, specify Row Height and Column Width options, and then
click OK.
Note: If you select At Least to set a minimum row height, rows increase in height as you add text or increase the point
size. If you select Exactly to set a fixed row height, the row height does not change when you add or remove text. A fixed
row height often results in an overset condition in the cell. (See
• Position the pointer over the edge of a column or row so that a double-arrow icon (
or ) appears, and then
drag left or right to increase or decrease the column width, or drag up or down to increase or decrease row height.
By default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current font. Thus, row height also changes if you change
the point size of type for entire rows of text, or if you change the row height setting. The maximum row height is
determined by the Maximum setting in the Rows And Columns section of the Cell Options dialog box.
Resize rows or columns without changing the table width
• Hold down Shift while dragging an inside row or column edge (not the table boundary). One row or column gets
bigger as the other gets smaller.
• To resize rows or columns proportionally, hold down Shift while dragging the right table border or bottom table
edge.
Holding down Shift while dragging the right table edge will resize all the columns proportionally; holding down Shift
while dragging the bottom table edge will resize all rows proportionally.
Dragging the lower edge of the table (in the case of vertical text, the left hand corner) while holding down Shift will
cause the height of the rows (or the width of vertical text rows) to resize proportionally.