2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
124 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
After you have added a table style, it is listed in the Table Styles palette (Window > 
Table Styles). The new style will be available when you attempt to insert an inline
table.
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 gradient). 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
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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 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,
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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.