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Why use a table in a document

• Fixed, proportional – Changes affect the entire table. However, the changes occur

proportionally and the width of the table remains constant. For example, when you

widen a cell, the adjacent cells become proportionally narrower, and in this scenario, a

wider cell will shrink more than a narrower one.

• Variable – Changes affect the table size. For example, when you widen a cell, the

width of the table increases.

• Merge – Refer to the section, “Splitting and merging tables” on page 14 for an

example of using this button.

• Split – Refer to the section, “Splitting and merging tables” on page 14 for an example

of using this button.

• Optimize – Opens a floating toolbar that contains functions for optimizing the spacing

of the rows and columns in a table.

• Add row – Adds a row below the currently selected row.

• Add column – Adds a column to the right of the currently selected column.

• Delete row – Deletes the row of the currently selected cell.

• Delete column – Deletes the column of the currently selected cell.

• Borders – Opens a floating toolbar that contains options for displaying borders. Refer

to the section, “Using invisible tables” on page 19 for an example of using this button.

• Line style – Opens a floating toolbar that contains options for the thickness and style

of the borders.

• Text background – Opens a floating toolbar that contains colors you can apply as a

background color for the currently selected cell. Refer to the section, “Formatting the

header” on page 5 for an example of using this button.

Formatting a table

Default parameters

When a new table is created, it has default parameters that can be modified to satisfy the

needed specifications. When a table with a header is created, the following defaults are

applied:

• The cells of the first row use the Table Heading style, which means, in the default

template:

• The text is set with a bold or bold+italic font.

• The paragraph alignment is Center, with an indentation of 0.64 cm before the text

and 0 cm after. The first letter is capital.

• The remaining cells use the Table Contents style, which means, in the default

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