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SI Editor Table Menu - Insert

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  1. Features
    1. Number of Columns
    1. Number of Rows
    1. Number of Header Rows
    1. Show Borders
    1. Border Style
  2. Other Features Available From the Insert Cascading menu
    1. Row(s) Above Current Row(s)
    1. Row(s) Below Current Row(s)
    1. Column before Current Column
    1. Column After Current Column
  3. Standard Windows Commands
  4. Using this Feature
    1. To Insert A new Table:
    1. To Insert A Single Row or Column:
  5. Additional Learning Tools
  6. Technical Support Information

This command can be executed from the Editor's Table menu and Toolbar.

Opens the Insert Table window to design a professional Formatted Table for organizing text and data into rows, columns, and cells. Tables are a powerful tool for organizing and displaying data in your section.

Illustration SI Editor's Table Menu - Insert

Features

Number of Columns

Allows you to choose the number of columns needed to create a Formatted Table.

Number of Rows

Allows you to choose the number of rows needed to create a Formatted Table.

Number of Header Rows

Allows you to choose the number of rows needed to print at the top of each page of a Formatted Table when the table cannot fit on one page.

Show Borders

By default, the selected setting is set to 'Always.'  Choose whether the borders appear 'Only On Screen,' 'Only When You Print' or 'Never.'

Border Style

By default, the selected setting is set to Thin.  Choose whether the Border Style for the Formatted Table will be thin, medium, or Thick.

Other Features Available From the Insert Cascading menu

These features become available once the Formatted Table has been created to provide the capability to insert rows or columns, above or below the selected cell.

Row(s) Above Current Row(s)

Will Insert the same number of selected row(s) above the row(s) where the cursor is positioned.

Row(s) Below Current Row(s)

Will Insert the same number of selected row(s) below the row(s) where the cursor is positioned.

Column before Current Column

Inserts a new column before the column where the cursor is positioned.

Column After Current Column

Inserts a column to be inserted after the column where the cursor is positioned.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To NoteUnlike inserting Rows, you can only insert one column at a time.

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful HintTo learn more, see the Table Tips and Tricks topic.

Standard Windows Commands

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box OK buttonThe OK button will execute and save selections made and make them partAll sections are divided into three parts: General, Products, and Execution of your Job's properties.

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box Cancel buttonThe Cancel button will close the window without recording any selections or changes entered.

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box Help buttonThe Help button will open the Help Topic for this window.

Using this Feature

Illustration Icon Indicating How To StepsTo Insert A new Table:

  1. On the SI Editor's Tagsbar, select the Formatted Table button Illustration SI Editor's Toolbar Formatted Table button or select the Table > Insert > Table.

  2. From the Insert Table window, below the Size section use the arrow keys to select the Number of columns, Rows or Header rows

  3. Below Borders, choose the border style you wish to use

  4. Select OK

Illustration Icon Indicating How To StepsTo Insert A Single Row or Column:

  1. Use the SI Editor's Table Right-click menu

  2. Mouse over the Cell within a row or column then right-click and choose Insert

  3. Choose Insert Row Above/Below or Insert Column Before/After

Additional Learning Tools

Illustration Icon Indicating eLearning ModulesWatch the Formatted Tables eLearning module within Chapter 3 - Getting Started.

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