Right aligns the table with the right margin.Left aligns the table with the left margin.Specify how the table is aligned if it does not fill the width of the page (between the margins).This option is available only if the Alignment is not set to Automatic. Set the overall width of the table, either absolute or relative to the page width.To make a meaningful name, you could use underscores or hyphens (for example, Table-1_Doll_House_Inventory). This can be very useful if your document has a number of tables. This has no effect on the display but makes the table easier to find when using the Navigator. On the Table Format dialog box, select the Table tab. Right-click anywhere in the table and select Table from the pop-up menu or select Table > Table Properties from the menu bar. You can specify how the table is aligned on the page and what space to leave around the table. To see clearly where the paragraphs are and to delete them easily, select View > Nonprinting Characters ( Ctrl+F10) or click the ¶ button in the Standard toolbar. You can also use Table > Merge Table from the menu bar. Right-click and select Merge Tables in the pop-up menu.You must use the Delete key (not the Backspace key) to do this. Delete the blank paragraph between the tables.The table is then split into two tables separated by a blank paragraph. You can select No heading or an alternative formatting for the heading-the top row(s) of the new table. A Split Table dialog box will pop up regarding the heading.You can also use Table > Split Table from the menu bar. Right-click and select Split Table in the pop-up menu.Place the cursor in a cell which will be in the top row of the second table after the split (the table splits immediately above the cursor).Tables are split only horizontally (the rows above the split point are put into one table, and the rows below into another). A cell can be split either horizontally (create more rows) or vertically (create more columns), and you can specify the number of new cells to create.Ī whole table can be split into two tables, and two tables can be merged into a single table. Right-click and select Cell > Split on the pop-up menu, or select Table > Split Cells from the menu bar.Right-click and select Cell > Merge on the pop-up menu, or select Table > Merge Cells from the menu bar.Regardless of how they are inserted, new rows or columns have the same formatting as the row or column where the cursor was when the insert command was issued. Clicking on the Insert Column icon on the Table toolbar inserts a column after (to the right of) the selected one. Click OK to close the dialog box.Ĭlicking on the Insert Row icon on the Table toolbar inserts one row below the selected one.
If you create a table using the Insert Table dialog box or the Table icon on the Standard toolbar, the following defaults are set: 18 Displaying or hiding table boundaries.16 Create a heading row in an existing table.10 Selecting background colors and graphics.