2017

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 Tab to move to the next cell.
• Press 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 Control+Tab. To enter a right-indent tab,
press Option+Tab/Control+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.
• To link all the cells in a table, check Link Cells in the Table Properties dialog
box when you create the table.
• To link selected cells in a table, choose Table > Link Text Cells. All but the first
cell in the selection must be empty.
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To manually link table cells, use the Linking tool . As with linking text boxes,
click to select the starting cell and then click the next cell you want to add. To
redirect existing links, Shift+click with the Linking tool.
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