2011

Summary
You can import or paste text from other files to use in multiline text, set tabs,
adjust paragraph and line spacing and alignment, and create and modify
columns.
The In-Place Text Editor includes
■
Text Editor visor on page 678
■ Paragraph dialog box on page 681
■ Column Settings dialog box on page 684
■ Background Mask dialog box on page 685
■ Columns menu on page 683
When a table cell is selected for editing, the In-Place Text Editor displays
column letters and row numbers.
NOTE Not all options available when creating single-line text.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Text Editor Shortcut Menu
Select All Selects all the text in the text editor.
Clipboard Contains options to Cut, Copy, and Paste text to or from the
clipboard. The Paste Special option allows you to paste without character or
paragraph formatting.
Insert Field Displays the
Insert Field dialog box.
Symbol Displays a list of available symbols. You can also select a Non-breaking
space and open the Characters dialog box for additional symbols.
Import Text Displays the Select File dialog box (a
standard file selection dialog
box
). Select any file that is in ASCII or RTF format. Imported text retains its
original character formatting and style properties, but you can edit and format
the imported text in the editor. After you select a text file to import, you can
replace either selected text or all text, or append the inserted text to text
selected within the text boundary. The file size for imported text is limited to
32 KB. (Not available for single-line text.)
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