Writer Guide
It is also possible to resize a table using only the keyboard. This is on
occasions easier than using the mouse.
1) Place the cursor on the cell whose size you want to change.
2) Press and hold the
Alt
key while using the arrow keys to change
the size.
To adjust the resizing parameters and behavior for keyboard handling,
select Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Table.
Use the
Row
and
Column
values in the
Move cells
section to determine
the amount of change produced by a single keystroke while resizing. In
the
Behavior of rows/columns
section you can choose one of the
following three strategies when resizing:
•
Fixed
: select this if you want the resizing to only affect the
adjacent cell, and not the entire table. The width of the table does
not change when resizing its cells.
•
Fixed, proportional
: when resizing a cell with this option selected,
all the other cells are also resized proportionally, Also in this case
the width of the table remains constant.
•
Variable
: this is the default value. Resizing a cell affects the table
size. For example, when you widen a cell, the width of the table
increases.
Inserting rows and columns
To insert any number of rows or columns:
1) Place the cursor in the row or column where you want to add new
rows or columns and right-click.
2) On the pop-up menu, select Row > Insert or Column > Insert.
This will display a dialog box where you can select the number of
rows or columns to add, and whether they appear before or after
the selected one.
3) Set
Amount
to the number of rows or columns to insert, and
Position
to Before or
After.
4) Click OK to close the dialog box.
Note
Clicking on the Insert Row icon on the Table toolbar inserts one
row
below
the selected one. Clicking on the Insert Column icon
on the Table toolbar inserts a column
after
(
to the right of
) the
selected one.
Regardless of how they are inserted, new rows or columns have
the same formatting as the row or column where the cursor was
when the insert command was issued.
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