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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
Formulas and references are not imported. Instead, the final values that result from 
formulas and references are imported. Inserted pictures are not imported. Text with
Auto Filter or Advance Filter (Data > Filter) applied is imported as static text.
A quicker way to create a table from Excel data — without linking the source table 
to the QuarkXPress project for updates — is to copy and paste. To do this, select any
portion of data in an Excel worksheet and copy the selected data. Then simply
switch to QuarkXPress and choose Edit > Paste. QuarkXPress creates a table
appropriate to the data and inserts the text.
Importing Excel charts
If you have charts or pictures created using Insert > Chart or Insert > Picture in
Excel that you want to use in a QuarkXPress layout, you can import those charts or
pictures the same way you import other pictures. To do this, use the Insert Chart
tab of the Import Picture dialog box (File menu). Charts and pictures imported
from Excel are tracked by the Pictures tab of the Usage dialog box (Utilities menu)
just like other pictures.
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 
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, 
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. •
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