Using The Text Attribute Palette - Adobe PAGEMAKER 6.5 Training Manual

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 2002 Cheltenham Computer Training
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Modifying
Select the cells by dragging the text cursor across them.
Text in a
Range of
Note: If you would like to select an entire column, you can do so by
Cells
clicking on the gray bar at the top of each column and dragging across
the area you would like selected.
OR if you would like to select an entire row you can also do so by
clicking on the gray bar at the beginning of the rows and dragging
across.
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From the main menu choose Window > Show Text Palette to go to
the Text Attribute palette:
Note: When you are typing, the text will automatically wrap to fit
within the width of the column. The height of the row will expand to
contain the text.
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Use the cut or copy commands to take text from one cell and paste it
into another cell in the same table or another open table.
Note: Borders cannot be copied and pasted from a range of cells
unless you cut or copy the whole table.
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Selecting
The fastest way to select a cell is either to double-click to select a
Text and
word
Cells
OR triple-click to select a paragraph.
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You can also select cells by dragging your cursor through them.
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Clicking the small Selection button in the upper left corner of the table
selecting text
selects the entire table.
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Clicking a Row Selection button selects an entire row.
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Dragging up or down through the Row Selection buttons selects
multiple rows.
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Clicking a Column Selection bottom selects an entire column
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Dragging left or right through the Column Selection button will allow
you to select multiple columns.
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Holding Ctrl while you click the Selection buttons will allow you to
select noncontiguous rows or cells.
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The Text Attributes palette allows you to format text in Adobe Table.
Text Attribute
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Adobe Table offers fewer numbers, or characters and paragraph level
Palette
text attributes compared to PageMaker.
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