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1 Table 9 Top 17 Select Column
2 Line Style 10 Center (vertical) 18 Select Row
3 Line Color (border) 11 Bottom 19 AutoFormat
4 Borders 12 Insert Row 20 Table Properties
5 Background Color 13 Insert Column 21 Sort
6 Merge Cells 14 Delete Row 22 Sum
7 Split Cells 15 Delete Column
8 Optimize 16 Select Table
Figure 282: Table toolbar
Table 7: Functions of the icons on the Table toolbar
Name Description
Table Opens the Insert Table dialog box where you can set up and
insert a table into the document, name the table for use
with the Navigator, and set some other options. If you press
the small black triangle pointing down next to the icon, you
can use the mouse to drag to select the number of rows
and columns to include in the table.
Line Style Opens the Border Style window where you can modify the
border line style.
Line Color
(border)
Opens the Border Color window where you can modify the
border color.
Borders Opens the Borders window where you can select which
sides of the table or of the selected cells will have a border.
Background
Color
Opens the Background toolbar where you can select the
background color of the table or of the selected cells.
Merge
Cells
Combines the selected cells into a single cell. Refer to
Merging and splitting cells on page 307 for an example of
using this button.
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