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Why use a table in a document

With OpenOffice.org Writer, a large variety of documents where tables may be useful can be

created; for example:

• Technical, financial or statistical reports

• Product catalogs showing descriptions, prices, characteristics and photography of

products

• Bills or invoices

• Lists of names with address, age, profession and other information

This list is just a sample of various document types where it is convenient to use tables to

organize the text in an ordered structure.

In some cases tables can be used to position text in areas of a document instead of using

several Tab characters. For example, a business may prepare a template of a letter with their

logo, the sender, receiver, date, and subject fields correctly positioned in a table with

invisible borders.

How to insert a table

Before inserting a table in a document, you should roughly define the number of rows and

columns required. However, this is just a starting point because you can change the number

of rows and columns as you edit the document.

To insert a table, position the cursor and click to define the insertion point, then open the

Insert Table dialog box using any of the following methods:

• Press Control+F12.

• From the main menu select Insert > Table.

• Click on the Insert icon in the Main Toolbar (the first one on top of the bar).

Any of these methods displays the dialog box illustrated in Figure 1.

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