User Guide

Chapter 3 Using Tables 63
4 Click the adjacent color well to open the Colors window, and then choose a color for
the alternate rows. See “The Colors Window” on page 24 for instructions.
5 To change the ll attributes of the other rows, use the Cell Background controls in the
Table inspector. See “Filling Objects with Colors or Images” on page 223 for instructions.
Hiding Table Rows and Columns
Hide specic rows or columns when you want to avoid showing or using them but
don’t want to delete them. While a row or column is hidden, it can’t be reformatted,
merged, split, or otherwise manipulated. However, any formula that uses a hidden cell
isn’t aected, and sorting takes hidden values into account.
When a row or column is hidden, you’ll see a gap in the row numbers or column
letters in the reference tabs.
Here are ways to hide and show rows and columns:
To hide a single row or column, choose Hide Row or Hide Column from the row or m
column reference tab’s pop-up menu.
To hide multiple rows or columns, select the rows or a cell in each of them and
then choose Hide Selected Rows or Hide Selected Columns from a reference tab
pop-up menu.
To show all hidden rows and columns in a table, select the table or an element in it m
and then choose Table > Unhide All Rows or Table > Unhide All Columns.
You can also choose these commands from any reference tab’s pop-up menu.