User guide

142 Working with Text
To change the table's structure and appearance:
• To select a cell, click on the edge of a cell. To select more than one
cell, click in one cell and drag across the others, one row or column at
a time.
• To adjust row or column size, drag the cursor shown when
hovering over the separating lines in the table row or column
headings. Note that you can adjust a row's height independent of the
amount of text it contains. For absolute row/column sizing, choose Set
Column Width(s) or Set Row Height(s) from the Table menu. For
individual columns, click the column or row header's
button,
choosing Set Width or Set Height. You can resize your columns
without affecting the overall table width by adjusting the column
heading with Ctrl-drag.
• To distribute rows or columns, select the entire table or just a
selection of rows or columns, then choose Evenly Distribute>Rows
or Evenly Distribute>Columns from the Table menu. To honour
table width, a cell's text may wrap when distributing columns.
To evenly distribute rows in a column, click the column's
button
and choose Evenly Distribute Rows. Conversely, use the equivalent
button (and Evenly Distribute Columns command) at a row header to
distribute columns on the chosen row.
• Choose Autofit to Contents>Column(s) from the Table menu to
reduce or increase the size of selected columns to fit to the text of the
greatest width. An equivalent option exists for rows.