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Creating Tables
About tables
A table consists of rows and columns of cells. A cell is like a text frame in which you can add
text, inline graphics, or other tables. To format the table, you can change row height and
column width, apply alternating colors to rows or columns, rotate text, and merge and
split cells.
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Luebke East, Augsburg
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Sanchez South, Fortaleza
Stewart North, Sudbury
Rhoades West, Tucson
A. Rotated text in a merged table cell B. Alternate shaded rows
To edit and format tables, use the commands on the Table menu, or choose Window >
Table to display the Table palette.
Creating a table
When you create a table, the new table fills the width of the container text frame. A table
is inserted on the same line when the insertion point is at the beginning of the line, or on
the next line, when the insertion point is in the middle of a line.
The default height of a row is equivalent to the slug of the current text attributes at the
insertion point. (A slug is the approximate height of the highlighting in selected text.)
Tables flow with surrounding text just as inline graphics do. For example, a table moves
through threaded frames when the text above it changes in point size, or when text is
added or deleted. However, a table cannot appear on a text-on-path frame.
To create a table:
1 Using the type tool , draw a new text frame, or place the insertion point in a text
frame or an existing table.
2 Choose Table > Insert Table.
3 Specify the numbers of rows and columns, and then click OK.
Adding content to a table
You can add text, inline graphics, inline text frames, and other tables to table cells. To add
text, type, paste, or place it. The height of a table row expands to accommodate additional
lines of text, unless you set a fixed row height; see
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