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174 Chapter 8 Creating Tables
When a cell containing a formatted number is merged with empty cells, the new cell
retains the formatted number.
To split cells horizontally or vertically:
1 Select a table cell or cells. To split an entire row or column, select all the cells in the
row or column.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Table Inspector button, click Table, and open
the Edit Rows & Columns pop-up menu. To split cells into rows, choose Split Rows,
Add Row Above, or Add Row Below. To split cells into columns, choose Split Columns,
Add Column Before, or Add Column After.
You can also choose Format > Table > Split Into Rows or Split Into Columns, or hold
down the Control key as you click the table and choose the command from the
shortcut menu.
You can repeat the split operation to create smaller and smaller units within a table
cell. To rejoin split cells, select them and choose Merge Cells from the Edit Rows &
Columns pop-up menu or choose Format > Table > Merge Cells.
To resize table cells:
m Select the cells and enter values in the Column Width and Row Height fields in the
Table pane of the Table Inspector, and then press Return.
m Select cell borders and drag to resize.
To make all table cells the same size:
m Select the table and choose Format > Table > Distribute Rows Evenly and Distribute
Columns Evenly.
If there is too much text in a table cell, a clipping indicator appears at the bottom of
the cell.
To avoid clipping, you can drag the cell borders to resize them, or drag a selection
handle to resize the entire table. You can also make table rows automatically shrink or
expand in height to accommodate the text inside them.
The clipping indicator
appears when a table cell
contains more text than
can be seen.