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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
If you want to link text cells so imported text flows through the specified cells 5.
— 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.
If you intend to import data from Excel, check Link to External Data. For more 6.
information, see “Importing Excel tables.”
If you want the table to remain the same size if you add or delete rows, check 7.
Maintain Geometry.
Click OK. 8.
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:
Using the Text Content tool , select all the text you want to convert to a 1.
table.
Choose Table > Convert Text to Table to display the Convert Text to Table 2.
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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