User Guide

Modifying table appearance 123

Modifying row or column properties

You can modify horizontal and vertical alignment, background color, height or width, and text

wrap for a selected row or column.

Note: To understand how Contribute resolves formatting conflicts for cells, rows, and tables, see

“About conflicts in table formatting” on page 111.

To modify table row or column properties:

In your draft, select the row or column you want to modify (see “Selecting an entire table, row,

or column” on page 113).

Do one of the following to open the Table Properties dialog box:

■ Click the Ta bl e button in the toolbar.

■ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Table Cell Properties

from the pop-up menu.

■ Select Table > Table Cell Properties.

The Table Properties dialog box appears with the appropriate tab selected.

Change the row or column properties as desired.

For information about options in the dialog box, click the Help button.

Click Apply to preview your changes, or click OK to apply changes and close the dialog box.