Selecting An Entire Table, Row, Or Column; Selecting A Cell, Block Of Cells, Or Nonadjacent Cells - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE-USING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

Selecting an entire table, row, or column

You might want to select an entire table, row, or column to copy and paste into another page (see
"Cutting and copying table cells" on page 87) or to modify the background of all of the cells in
the selection at once (see "Modifying table appearance" on page 91).
To select an entire table, do one of the following:
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Click the upper left corner of the table or click anywhere on the right or bottom edge.
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Click in a table cell, then select Table > Select Table.
Selection handles appear on the selected table's lower and right edges.
To select rows or columns:
Position the pointer to point at the left edge of a row or the top edge of a column.
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When the pointer changes to a selection arrow, click to select the row or column, or drag to
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select multiple rows or columns.

Selecting a cell, block of cells, or nonadjacent cells

You might want to select a cell or group of cells to copy and paste into another page (see "Cutting
and copying table cells" on page 87) or to modify the background of all of the cells in the
selection at once (see "Modifying table appearance" on page 91).
When you select a block of cells, the block must form a rectangle. When you select multiple
nonadjacent cells in a table, you can modify the properties of those cells, but you cannot copy or
paste sets of nonadjacent cells.
To select a single cell, do one of the following:
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Click in the cell, then drag to select the cell.
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Click in the cell, then select Edit > Select All.
Tip: Select Edit > Select All again to select the entire table.
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