User Guide

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User Guide

Formatting tables

You use the Character palette to format text within a table—just like formatting text outside a table. To format the

actual table, such as the number of rows and the appearance of borders, use the Table Options and Cell Options

dialog boxes. By default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current font. Thus, row height changes if

you change the point size of type for entire rows of text.

Use the Table palette, the Character palette, or the context menu to format the table structure. Select one or more

cells and then right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to display a context menu with table options.

To resize columns and rows

1 Select cells in the columns and rows you want to resize.

2 Do one of the following:

• In the Table palette, specify Column Width and Row Height settings.

• Choose Table > Cell Options > Rows and Columns, specify Row Height and Column Width options, and then

click OK.

Note: If you select At Least to set a minimum row height, rows increase in height as you add text or increase the point

size. If you select Exactly to set a fixed row height, the row height does not change when you add or remove text. A fixed

row height often results in an overset condition in the cell. (See “Overset cells” on page 250.)

• Position the pointer over the edge of a column or row so that a double-arrow icon ( or ) appears, and then

drag left or right, to increase or decrease the column width, or drag up or down, to increase or decrease the row

height.By default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current font. Thus, row height also changes

if you change the point size of type for entire rows of text, or if you change the row height setting.

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Before and after dragging to resize rows

By default, row height is determined by the slug height of the current font. Thus, row height also changes if you

change the point size of type for entire rows of text, or if you change the row height setting.