Tables
When you want to use
tables to produce an effect, you must master a few button
clicks.
This
handy little icon on the standard tool bar will allow you to create a basic
table. The cells will be of uniform size. You can create a simple one celled
table (one row, one column,) or any number of rows and columns.
When you first click on the icon, you will see a maximum of 4
rows, 5 columns. But, what if you want 6 rows and only 4 columns?
Click the icon. While holding your mouse button down, drag your curser. It will
expand the fly-out to as many rows and columns as you need. (Truthfully, I don't
know how far it will go, I've dragged it completely off of my monitor screen and
it was still going.)
| a |
b |
c |
d |
| e |
f |
g |
h |
| i |
j |
k |
l |
| m |
n |
o |
p |
| q |
r |
s |
t |
| u |
v |
w |
x |
Oooops, I don't have enough cells! What
do I do now? Start all over again!? NO!
Put your curser in the last cell. The one where the
"x" is. Hit your tab key. Presto, another row!
| a |
b |
c |
d |
| e |
f |
g |
h |
| i |
j |
k |
l |
| m |
n |
o |
p |
| q |
r |
s |
t |
| u |
v |
w |
x |
| y |
z |
Now I have too many cells. Not to worry, again, it's an easy
fix. We just need to decide how we want to handle it.
Where do we want the y and z to be? Let's leave them there, and
remove the two cells to the right. Highlight the two cells. Just place your
curser in the one on the left. then, with your button down, drag the curser into
the other cell. This will highlight the cells. With the cells highlighted, click
on Table in the menu bar, and choose delete cells. Notice they are gone?
The images above are in a table. First I created a 2 column, 1
row table. Then I placed my curser on the center vertical until it changed into
a double arrow. I then dragged the vertical line separating the 2 columns to the
left. Leaving just enough room for the larger of the two images. I inserted the
images, centering them in their cells. I then went into Menu - Table -
Properties - Table. When the dialog box pooped open, I chose 0 for the border
size.
The best way to learn what each of these commands does is to
experiment with them. I have included a list of tips and tricks here that I hope
will be helpful.
The table below was drawn with the pencil on the toolbar. You
will also find an eraser, text or image positioning buttons, a paint bucket to
add color to your table background.
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