2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
126 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
The Table tab of the Measurements palette.
On the Home tab and the Table tab, there is a section for formatting the3.
selected gridlines.
Inserting and deleting rows and columns
You can insert rows and columns anywhere within a table. Simply click in a cell
that is immediately above or below where you want to add a row. Or, click in a cell
to the right or left of where you want to add a column. Then, choose Table > Insert
> Row or Table > Insert > Column.
To select rows or columns to delete, drag the arrow pointer over a table edge and
then Shift+click the arrow pointer, or use the commands in the Select submenu of
the Table menu (such as Odd Rows). Then, choose Table > Delete > Row or Table
> Delete > Column.
If Maintain Geometry is checked in the Table menu and you delete a column or
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row, existing columns or rows increase in size to fill the space of the deleted
columns or rows. If Maintain Geometry is unchecked, the table becomes smaller as
necessary.
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-
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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.
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.
Effect on table Mac OS X command Windows command
Table and contents resized Command Ctrl
Table (but not contents) resized proportionally Shift Shift
Table and contents resized proportionally Command+Shift Ctrl+Shift