10.2

Combining cells
To combine cells, Shift+click a rectangular selection of cells with the Text Content
tool . Choose Table > Combine Cells. To revert combined cells to match the
surrounding table, select the combined cells and then choose Table > Split Cells.
If you combine unlinked cells containing text or pictures, the content of the upper-left
cell in the selection is maintained for the combined cell.
Manually resizing tables, rows, and columns
As with other items in QuarkXPress, you can drag to resize rows, columns, and tables.
To resize a row or column, click a gridline to display the resize pointer. Drag the pointer
up or down to resize a row and left or right to resize a column. To resize an entire
table, press one of the following keyboard commands while you drag a resize handle.
Windows commandMac OS X commandEffect on table
CtrlCommandTable and contents resized
ShiftShiftTable (but not contents)
resized proportionally
Ctrl+ShiftCommand+ShiftTable and contents resized
proportionally
Converting tables back to text
If you need to export the current data from a table — for example, to save the data as
a Word file — you can convert the information to text. To do so, select the table and
then choose Table > Convert Table > To Text.
Working with tables and groups
For flexibility, you can group tables to other items using the Group command (Item
menu). In addition, you can disassemble a table by converting its cells to a series of
grouped text boxes, picture boxes, or both. This method lets you separate elements of
a table and use those elements elsewhere in a layout. To do this, select a table and
choose Table > Convert Table > To Group. To work with the individual boxes, choose
Item > Ungroup.
Continuing tables in other locations
Because tables do not always fit on one page or spread — or within the space allotted
in a design — tables can be automatically continued to other locations anywhere in
a layout.
There are two ways to continue tables:
• Anchoring the table in a text box. This is the preferred way to break a table in most
situations, because it is easiest to use
• Breaking the table manually. This method is necessary when you break a table
horizontally (for example, if you want to put the first five columns of a table on one
page and the remaining three columns on a different page).
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