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Insert and Adjust a Table within Application Text

Follow these steps to include tabular information in your application.

Written by Laura Berwick

This article covers the following topics:

  • Add a Table to Your Description or Claims

  • Add Rows

  • Add Columns

  • Remove Rows

  • Remove Columns

  • Merge Cells

  • Split Cells

  • Adjust Table and Column Widths

  • Configure Table Headers

  • Change Text Alignment

  • Change Table Borders

Add a Table to Your Description or Claims

  1. Place your cursor at the point in your text where you wish to insert your table.
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  2. Click the table icon in the toolbar.
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  3. Drag your cursor to select the desired number of rows and columns
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    Click More Options... to enter your desired table dimensions using your keyboard.
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    ​Learn more about the Generate Table Content option here.
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  4. Your table will be inserted at your cursor location.
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  5. Click into your table to add text and to access adjustment controls (specific actions are described below).
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  6. Use the Insert new line controls to continue drafting around your table.
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  7. Insert a Table label and/or apply the Caption style to caption your table if you wish.
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Add Rows

  1. Click to place your cursor in a cell of one of the existing rows.
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  2. Click the Insert Row icon to add a row above the current row
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    Click the Insert Row dropdown to select either the Insert Row Below or Insert Row Above option.
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  3. A new row matching your current row will be added above or below your current row based on your selection.
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Add Columns

  1. Click to place your cursor in a cell of one of the existing columns.
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  2. Click the Insert Column icon to add a column to the left of the current column
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    Click the Insert Column dropdown to select either the Insert Column Right or Insert Column Left option.
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  3. A new column matching your current column will be added to the left or right of your current column based on your selection.
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Remove Rows

  1. Click to place your cursor in a cell of the row you want to delete
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    Click and drag to select multiple cells/rows
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  2. Click the Remove icon.
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  3. Select the Remove Row option to delete your current selected row(s).
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Remove Columns

  1. Click to place your cursor in a cell of the column you want to delete
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    Click and drag to select multiple cells/columns.
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  2. Click the Remove icon.
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  3. Select the Remove Column option to delete your current selected column(s).
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Merge Cells

  1. Click to place your cursor into the cell you want to merge with its neighbor.
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  2. Click the Merge and Split Cells icon.
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  3. Select the desired Merge Cell option (Right, Left, Up, and Down) to select the desired neighboring cell and merge the two together.
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    ​Note that merging is an individual cell action and these options are not provided when multiple cells are selected.


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Split Cells

  1. Click to place your cursor into the cell you want to split.
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  2. Click the Merge and Split Cells icon.
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  3. Select the desired Split Cell option (Vertically or Horizontally) to create two cells from the selected cell.
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    ​Note that splitting is an individual cell action and these options are not provided when multiple cells are selected.
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Adjust Table and Column Widths

  1. Click to place your cursor in the desired table.
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  2. Click the Table Properties icon.
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  3. Use the Width (%) field and arrows to type or increase/decrease your table width to the desired percent of the available page width.
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  4. Click and drag a column boundary to adjust the width of the associated columns.
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Configure Table Headers

Change Text Alignment

Change Table Borders

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