Modifying Tables
Once you have created a table using the table tool, you
probably want to modify it in a number of ways. Here are some table
modification hints:
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To add a row after you have inserted the table, click either
the "add row before" or "add row after" button in
the dialog (depending on where you want the row added)
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To delete a row after you have inserted the table, click the
"delete row" button in the dialog
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To add a column after you have inserted the table, click
either the "add column before" or "add column
after" button in the dialog (depending on where you want the
column added)
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To delete a column after you have inserted the table, click
the "delete column" button in the dialog
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To modify the table attributes after you have inserted the
table, click anywhere in the table except in a subtable (if
you click in a subtable of the main table, you will end up modifying
the subtable's attributes, rather than those for the entire table). You
can then modify them directly in the table dialog, or click either the
edit cell or edit row attributes button in the dialog (depending on
which attributes you want to modify).
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To modify row or cell attributes, click the Edit Row Attributes or Edit Cell Attributes button
to launch the appropriate dialog.
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To clear the contents of a cell or row, select the cells or
rows you want to clear, then click <Back Space>.
This will remove the contents of the cells or rows, but not the cells
or rows themselves.
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To copy the contents of cells, select the cells that you
want to copy, then open the right mouse button menu and choose Copy. To
paste, select the cells you want the contents to reside in,
open the right mouse button menu, and choose Paste. Note: If
you do not select the cells that you want to paste to, Cosmo Create
creates a subtable.
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To align the table to the center, left or the right, click
anywhere in the table (except in a subtable), and then select the
alignment you wish from the Alignment menu button. Note:
left- and right-aligned tables that are created with this tool do allow
text flow around the table, even though that is not shown WYSIWYG in
the Cosmo Create window.
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To turn off the WYSIWYG features of the table editor, click
the WYSIWYG Tables checkbox in the View menu in the main
view. (With large tables containing many cells, it is sometimes better
to edit with WYSIWYG turned off.)
Note: You can modify the attributes of multiple rows, cells or
tables simply by selecting everything you wish to modify before
changing the values in the dialog.
Note: If you start your selection in the middle of one cell, and
end in the middle of another, all the contents of those cells are
selected, no matter where you started your selection. Similarly, if you
click and drag from one table to another, all the contents of both
tables is selected.
For More Information...
For more details on the interface, see the Table Dialog reference card.