User Guide

Addinganddeletingrowsandcolumns
Attimesyoumayneedtoaddaroworacolum ntoyourtable.
Toaddordeleterowsandcolumns:
· ClickontheAddRow orAddColumn button.Thiswilladdarowabovethe
selectedrowandacolumntotheleftoftheselectedcolumn.
· ChooseTable>Insert>MultipleRowsorColumns.Thiswillallowyoutospecifyhow
manytoaddanddeterminewhethertheygobeforeorafterthecursor.
· Rightclickonthetabletogetspecificplacementoptions(AddRowaboveselection,Add
rowbelowselection...).
· Todeletearoworcolumn,clickwithinthecorrectroworcolumn,rightclickandselect
theappropriateDeleteoptionorchooseTable>Delete>RoworColumn.
Mergingandsplittingcells
Attimesyoumaywanttomergetwocellstogetherorpossiblyentirerowsorcolumns.
Sometimesitisnecessarytosplitcellstoreformatyourtable,whichisquitesimpleinContribute.
Tomergecells:
1. Selectthecellstobemerged.
Toselectanentireroworcolumn,putyourcursorinthefirstcelloftheroworcolumn,
holddowntheShiftkeyandclickinthelastcell.
Toselectcertaincellsonly(youcanonlymergetouchingcells),holddowntheCtrlkey
andclickinallthecellsyouwanttomerge.Youcanalsoclickanddragoverthecellsyou
wishtoselect.
2. RightclickandchooseMergeCells.
Tosplitacell:
1. Selectthecelltobesplit.
2. Rightclick(orchooseTable>SplitCell)andchooseSplitCell.
3. Inthedialogboxthatopens,chooseRowsorColumnsandspecifyhowmanytomake.
ClickOK.
Settingtableproperties
Onceatableiscreatedyoucangobackandadjustthepropertiesofthetableandalsothecells.
Thereareseparatepropertysettingsforthewholetableandforeachofthecells.
Tomodifytableandcellproperties:
1. Makesurethetableisselectedorhavethecursorwit hinthetable.
2. ChooseTable>TableProperties.
TheTablePropertiestabwillgiveyouthepropertiesavailablewhenyoucreateatable:
cellpaddingandspacing,borders,etc.
TheCellPropertiestabgivesyouaccesstocellspecificproperties.Hereyoucansetthe
alignmentforacell,thebackgroundcolorandwhetherornotthetextwillwrap
automatically.