User guide

140 Working with Text
Manipulating tables
You can select, move, resize, delete, and copy a table and its contents, just as
you would with a text frame. Cell properties can also be modified.
To manipulate a table object:
• To resize a table, select it then drag a corner or side handle.
• Drag the selected table by using its Move button.
• To delete a table, select it and press the Delete key.
• To duplicate a selected table and its text, drag its Move button
with the Ctrl key pressed down.
To select and edit text in cells, rows, and columns:
• To select text in a single cell, double- or triple-click text (for word or
paragraph selection) or drag over the text. See Editing text on a page
on p. 108.
• To move to the next or previous cells, use the Tab or Shift+Tab keys,
respectively, or the keyboard arrow keys.
• To enter text, simply type into a cell at the insertion point. Cells
expand vertically as you type to accommodate extra lines of text. To
enter a Tab character, press Ctrl+Tab.
• To select a row or column, click its header along the left or top of the
table. To select more than one row or column, drag across their
headers.
• To select all text (all rows and columns), choose Select>All from the
Table menu.
• To copy, paste, and delete selected table text within the same table (or
between different tables), use the Copy, Paste and Delete commands
as you would for frame text.