10.2

Adding text and pictures to tables
When working with tables, think of a table cell as a text box or a picture box. Each
box contains content — text that may or may not be linked to the next cell, an
individual picture, or nothing (maybe just a blend). Therefore, you can add content
to tables much as you add content to boxes — by typing text, importing text, or
importing pictures.
Converting text cells to picture cells is the same as converting a text box to a picture
box. Select all the cells you want to convert and choose Item > Content > Picture.
Editing table text
Two important things to know about editing text within tables are how to navigate
between cells and how to select text for formatting. As always when working with
text, you must first select the Text Content tool .
Navigating through a table works as follows:
• Click in a cell in which you want to enter or import text.
• Press Control+Tab to move to the next cell.
• Press Control+Shift+Tab to go back to the previous cell.
• Press the arrow keys to move through the text in a cell, and to move from cell to cell.
To enter a tab character in a text cell, press Tab. To enter a right-indent tab, press
Option+Tab/Shift+Tab. If you need to align numbers within a table on the decimal
point or other character, you can insert tabs in each table cell and then specify the
appropriate Align On tab stops (Style > Tabs).
Selecting text in rows and columns works as follows:
• To select all the text in a row, click outside the right or left edge of the table.
• To select all the text in a column, click outside the top or bottom edge of the table.
• To select all the text over several rows or columns, drag along an edge of the table.
• To select text in non-adjacent rows or columns, Shift+click the specific rows or columns.
• To select text in various rows and columns, use the options in the Select submenu of
the Table menu. Options include Cell, Row, Odd Rows, Even Rows, Column, Odd
Columns, Even Columns, All Cells, Header Rows, Footer Rows, and Body Rows.
The Select commands in the Table menu are helpful for applying different formatting
to alternating rows or columns.
Linking table cells
When cells are linked, text that is typed, imported, or pasted into a cell fills the first
text cell in the linked story, and then flows into each subsequent linked cell. As with
text in linked boxes, the Next Column character (enter on the numeric keypad) is
helpful for controlling text flow in linked cells. In addition to linking table cells to
each other, you can link cells to and from text boxes and text paths.
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