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If you want to link text cells so imported text flows through the specified cells 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 Control+Tab to jump from cell to cell while entering or editing data.
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If you intend to import data from Excel, check Link to External Data. For more
information, see "Importing Excel tables."
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If you want the table to remain the same size if you add or delete rows, check Maintain
Geometry.
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To specify the story direction for table cells, click Horizontal or Vertical in the Story
Direction area.
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To specify the table orientation, click Horizontal or Vertical in the Table Direction area.
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Click OK.
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:
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Using the Text Content tool , select all the text you want to convert to a table.
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Choose Table > Convert Text to Table to display the Convert Text to Table 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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