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Tables
PageMaker 6.5 Advanced
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Using Vertical
There are two formatting attributes that are unique to Adobe Table
Decimal
3.0: Vertical Alignment and Decimal Alignment:
Alignment
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The Vertical Alignment determines whether the text is aligned to the
top, center or bottom of the cell.
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The Decimal Alignment is used to align numbers.
To use the decimal Alignment:
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Selected the paragraph that contains the numbers you want to align.
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From the main menu, choose Window > Show Text Palette and click
the Decimal Alignment button.
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Insert a tab immediately before each number you want to align by
decimal point.
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Make sure the View > Show Tab Markers and View > Show
Selection button commands are selected in order to override the
default position of the tab stop.
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Drag the tab marker in the Selection button to where you want the
decimals to appear.
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Resizing
By dragging the line that separates the row or column, you can resize
rows and
your columns or rows accordingly.
columns
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Holding Shift as you drag constrains the height and width of the table.
Therefore, the overall height or width of the table will not change.
Specifying a
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You can specify an exact size by selecting Cell > Row/Column size.
row and
Here you will enter a number for Row Height and Column width.
column size
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You can also use the Table Attributes palette and enter the exact
size for the width at top and height right below it.
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In the drop-down menus, you can choose which integers you would
like to use. This does not change the adjacent rows or columns.
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By nudging the rows or columns with the arrows you can resize your
selection in small increments of 0.01 inch.
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