Creating and manipulating tables

To create a table,

- move the caret to the location where the table shall be inserted
- select 'Table...' from menu 'Insert'
- choose the number of columns the new table initially shall have and
- press 'OK'

A new table with a single row and the chosen number of columns will be inserted at the caret postion. The caret is placed into the first cell of the new table.

Caret movement inside tables

By pressing the TAB key, the caret is moved into the next cell. Pressing SHIFT TAB moves the caret to the previous cell. Pressing the TAB key while the caret is in the last cell of the table will append a new row before moving to the next cell.

Changing the table structure

Structural changes include inserting or appending rows and columns and deleting rows and columns. To change the table strucutre

- move the caret into the table and
- select an option from menu 'Table' accordingly

Rows and columns always are inserted before the current caret position. Column widths are adjusted to maintain the table width.

Changing the table format

Table format includes all attributes of the table and its cells such as table width, cell width, background color of cells, text alignment inside cells, margins and borders, etc. To change the table format

- move the caret into a table,
- select 'Table...' from menu 'Format',
- set table and cell attributes in the table format dialog and
- press 'OK'

The table dialog initially shows all attributes currently set for that table. All changes made are applied to the underlying table at once when button 'OK' is pressed. Cell attributes can be applied to the current cell, the current row, the current column or to all cells.