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Formatting tables – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual

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Tables

Last updated 11/16/2011

Editing tables in Story Editor

A. Table icon B. Overset text C. Overset graphic

To expand or collapse the table in Story Editor, click the triangle to the left of the table icon at the top of the table.

To determine whether the table is sorted by rows or columns, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac

OS) the

table icon and choose Arrange By Rows or Arrange By Columns.

Use Layout view to modify and format the table. You cannot select columns or rows in Story Editor.

Formatting tables

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.

For a video tutorial on creating and formatting tables, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0081

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