Operation Manual

100 | Working with Tables
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ple, a column head), select a range of cells and choose Merge
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cell selection
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• lets you fill a span of cells with the contents of an initially
outwards to encompass a contiguous block of cells
w or column. Dragging diagonally will fill rows and
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• To insert new rows or columns, select one or more cells as described
above, then choose Insert from the Table menu (Table>Insert from the
right-click menu), then either Rows... or Columns... from the submenu
In the dialog, specify how many to add, and whether to add them before
or after the selected cells.
To merge cells into larger cells that span more than one row or column
(for exam
Cells from the Table menu (Table>Merge Cells from the right-click
menu). The merged cell displays only the text originally visible in the top
left selected cell. The original cells and their text are preserved,
however—to restore them, select the merged cell and choose Separate
Cells from the Table menu (Table>Separate Cells from the right-click
menu).
To copy cell contents (incl
a new cell in the same table, select the cell(s), press the Ctrl key and
hover over the cell border(s) until the copy cursor is shown—click and
drag the copied cell to its new cell location. To copy cell contents from
one table to another table select the cells, right-click on a
and choose Copy—select the area (of the same dimension) in the new
table then select Paste.
To move cell contents, select the cell(s), press the Shift key (instead of
the Ctrl key) and hover over the cell border(s) until the move cursor is
shown—click and drag the cell to its new cell location.
QuickFill
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ted cell's contents. This one-to-many "replicating" operation is
possible by dragging the bottom right-hand QuickFill handle of the
initially selected cell
either on the same ro
columns simultaneously.
To move cell contents within the same table, select the cells, and
when the cursor is displayed, drag the cell(s) to the new location.