User Guide

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