MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 10-USING FREEHAND Use Manual page 354

You can create multiple columns and rows in text blocks.
Using columns and rows, you can create a table with cells of uniform size. To
create tables with cells of varying sizes, you use tabs, paragraph breaks, and
paragraph spacing.
You can add lines between rows using paragraph rules, and apply a stroke to the
rules using the Stroke inspector.
Note:
Use the Text tool to select the text or text block in which you want to create
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columns or rows.
Choose Window > Inspectors > Text and click the Columns and Rows button.
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To create columns, enter the number of columns in the Columns text box.
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Enter a value for Height (h) in points to specify the height of the columns.
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Enter a value for Spacing in points to specify the width of the space
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between columns.
To add rules between columns, choose an option from the Rules menu:
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Choose Inset to create rules the length of the inset text as specified in the
Object inspector. For more information, see "Setting paragraph indents,
paragraph spacing, margins, and insets" on page 346.
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Choose Full Height to create rules the height of the full column (regardless of
the height of inset text).
Note:
To create rows, enter the number of rows in the Rows text box.
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Enter a value for Width (w) in points to specify the width of the rows.
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Enter a value for Spacing in points to specify the height of the space between rows.
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To add rules between rows, choose an option from the Rules menu:
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Choose Inset to create rules the width of the inset text as specified in the
Object inspector.