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3
To specify the default cell type, click Text Cells or Picture Cells in the Cell Type area.
Later, you can select specific cells and convert the content type if needed.
4
If you want to create text cells that expand as you add text, use the controls in the
Auto Fit area.
5
If you have a preference for how to navigate through cells in a table when you press
Tab, you can choose a different option from the Tab Order drop-down menu.
6
If you want to link text cells so imported text flows through the specified cells —
similar to linked text boxes — check Link Cells. If you check Link Cells, you can
choose the order in which to link the text cells from the Link Order drop-down menu.
If you do not link cells in this manner, you can link them later using the Linking tool
or the Link Text Cells command (Table menu). In addition, even if you don't link
the text cells, you can still use Tab to jump from cell to cell while entering or editing
data.
7
If you intend to import data from Excel, check Link to External Data. For more
information, see "Importing Excel tables."
8
If you want the table to remain the same size if you add or delete rows, check Maintain
Geometry.
9
To specify the story direction for table cells, click Horizontal or Vertical in the Story
Direction area.
10
To specify the table orientation, click Horizontal or Vertical in the Table Direction
area.
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Click OK.
Converting text to tables
The success of converting text to a table depends on the text preparation itself. It's
important that paragraphs, tabs, spaces, or commas (the characters QuarkXPress can
convert) are used consistently in a text block, because these characters are used in the
table conversion to define rows and columns. It's common for users to use multiple
tab characters in a word processor to align columns of data — rather than setting
appropriate tab stops. If the text block you are converting has such multiple tab
characters, the text block probably has an inconsistent number of tabs between columns
of data. You will need to make the tab characters consistent before you convert the
text to a table.
To convert text to a table:
1
Using the Text Content tool , select all the text you want to convert to a table.
2
Choose Table > Convert Text to Table to display the Convert Text to Table dialog
box. Based on the selected text, QuarkXPress guesses what to Separate Rows With,
what to Separate Columns With, and how many Rows and Columns are necessary
for the worst-case scenarios in the selected text.
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