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Working with tables
A table provides a structured layout that lets you present text or images within a drawing. You can draw a table, or you can create a table from paragraph text. You can easily change the look of a table by modifying the table properties and formatting. In addition, because tables are objects, you can manipulate them in various ways. You can also import existing tables from a text file or a spreadsheet.
This section contains the following topics:
• Selecting, moving, and navigating table components
• Inserting and deleting table rows and columns
• Resizing table cells, rows, and columns
• Merging and splitting tables and cells
• Manipulating tables as objects
• Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables
• Importing tables in a drawing
Adding tables to drawings
With Corel DESIGNER, you can add a table to a drawing to create a structured layout for text and images. You can draw a table, or you can create a table from existing text.
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In this example, a table was used to create the title block of a drawing.
To add a table to a drawing
1 Click the Table tool .
2 Type values in the Rows and columns boxes on the property bar.
The value that you type in the top portion specifies the number of rows; the value that you type in the bottom portion specifies the number of columns.
3 Drag diagonally to draw the table.
You can also create a table by clicking Table Create new table, and then typing values in the Number of rows, Number of columns, Height, and
Width boxes.
To create a table from text
1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select the text that you want to convert to a table.
3 Click Table Convert text to table.
4 In the Create columns based on the following separator area, choose one of the following options:
• Commas — creates a column where a comma appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
• Tabs — creates a column where a tab appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
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• Paragraphs — creates a column where a paragraph marker appears
• User defined — creates a column where a specified marker appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
If you enable the User defined option, you must type a character in the User
defined box.
If you do not type a character in the User defined box, only one column is created, and each paragraph of text creates a table row.
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components
You must select a table, table rows, table columns, or table cells before you insert rows or columns, change the table border properties, add a background fill color, or edit other table properties. You can move selected rows and columns to a new location in a table.
You can also copy or cut a row or column from one table and paste it in another table.
In addition, you can move from one table cell to another when editing the table cell text, and you can set the direction in which the Tab key lets you move around a table.
To select a table, row, or column
1 Click the Table tool , and then click a table.
2 Perform one of the following tasks.
To
Select a table
Select a row
Select a column
Select all table contents
Do the following
Click Table Select Table.
Click in a row, and click Table Select
Row.
Click in a column, and click Table Select
Column.
Position the Table tool pointer over the upper-left corner of the table until a diagonal arrow appears , and click.
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To
Use a keyboard shortcut to select a table
Select a row interactively
Select a column interactively
Do the following
With the Table tool pointer inserted in an empty cell, press Ctrl + A + A.
Position the Table tool pointer over the table border to the left of the row that you want to select. When a horizontal arrow appears , click the border to select the row.
Position the Table tool pointer over the top border of the column that you want to select. When a vertical arrow appears , click the border to select the column.
To select table cells
To
Select a table cell
Select adjacent table cells
Select nonadjacent table cells
Do the following
Click the Table tool , click a table, and click a cell. Then, click Table
Cell.
Select
Using the Table tool, click inside the first cell that you want to select, and drag over the adjacent cells that you want to select.
Using the Table tool, click a table. Then, hold down Ctrl, and click each table cell that you want to select.
You can also select a cell by inserting the Table tool pointer in an empty cell and pressing Ctrl + A.
You can also use the Shape tool to select a single cell by clicking it, or to select adjacent cells by dragging over them.
To move a table row or column
1 Select the row or column that you want to move.
2 Drag the row or column to another location in the table.
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To move a table row to another table
1 Select the table row that you want to move.
2 Click Edit Cut.
3 Select a row in the other table.
4 Click Edit Paste.
5 Choose one of the following options:
• Replace selected row
• Insert above selected row
• Insert below selected row
To move a table column to another table
1 Select the table column that you want to move.
2 Click Edit Cut.
3 Select a column in the other table.
4 Click Edit Paste.
5 Choose one of the following options:
• Replace selected column
• Insert left of the selected column
• Insert right of the selected column
To move to the next table cell
• With the Table tool inserted in a cell, press Tab.
If you are pressing Tab in a table for the first time, you must choose a tab order option from the Tab order list box.
You can use the Tab key to move to the next cell only if the Move to the next
cell option is enabled in the Tab key options dialog box.
To change the navigational direction of the Tab key
1 Click Tools Options.
2 In the Workspace, Toolbox list of categories, click Table tool.
3 Enable the Move to the next cell option.
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4 From the Tab order list box, choose one of the following options:
• Left to right, top to bottom
• Right to left, top to bottom
You can program the Tab key to insert a tab character in the table text by enabling the Insert a tab character into the text option.
Inserting and deleting table rows and columns
You can insert and delete the rows and columns in a table.
To insert a table row
1 Select a row in the table.
2 Perform a task from the following table.
To Do the following
Insert a row above the selected row
Insert a row below the selected row
Click Table Insert Row above.
Click Table Insert Row below.
Insert multiple rows above the selected row Click Table Insert Insert rows, type a value in the Number of rows box, and enable the Above the selection option.
Insert multiple rows below the selected row Click Table Insert Insert rows, type a value in the Number of rows box, and enable the Below the selection option.
When you use either the Row above command or the Row below command from the Table Insert menu, the number of rows that are inserted depends on how many rows you have selected. For example, if you have selected two rows, then two rows are inserted in the table.
To insert a table column
1 Select a column.
2 Perform a task from the following table.
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To
Insert a column to the left of the selected column
Insert a column to the right of the selected column
Insert multiple columns to the left of the selected column
Insert multiple columns to the right of the selected column
Do the following
Click Table Insert Column left.
Click Table Insert Column right.
Click Table Insert Insert columns, type a value in the Number of columns box, and enable the Left of the selection option.
Click Table Insert Insert columns, type a value in the Number of columns box, and enable the Right of the selection option.
When you use the Column left command or the Column right command from the Table Insert menu, the number of columns that are inserted depends on how many columns you have selected. For example, if you have selected two columns, then two columns are inserted in the table.
To delete a row or column from a table
1 Select the row or column that you want to delete.
2 Perform a task from the following table.
To
Delete a row
Delete a column
Do the following
Click Table Delete Row.
Click Table Delete Column.
If you select a row but choose the option to delete a column, or if you select a column but choose the option to delete a row, the whole table is deleted.
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Resizing table cells, rows, and columns
You can resize table cells, rows, and columns. In addition, if you previously changed the sizes of some rows or columns, you can redistribute all rows or all columns so that they are the same size.
If table rows are different sizes (left), you can distribute them so that they are the same size (right).
To resize a table cell, row, or column
1 Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Select the cell, row, or column that you want to resize.
3 On the property bar, type values in the Table width and height boxes.
To distribute table rows and columns
1 Select the table cells that you want to distribute.
2 Perform a task from the following table.
To
Make the height of all selected rows the same
Make the width of all selected columns the same
Do the following
Click Table Distribute Rows evenly.
Click Table Distribute Columns
evenly.
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Formatting tables and cells
You can change the look of a table by modifying both table and cell borders. For example, you can change the table border width or color.
You can modify both table and table cell borders.
In addition, you can change the table cell margins and cell border spacing. The cell margins let you increase the space between the cell borders and the text in the cell. By default, table cell borders overlap to form a grid. However, you can increase the cell border spacing to move the borders away from each other. As a result, the cells do not form a grid, but appear as individual boxes (also known as “separated borders”).
You can modify an existing table (left) by applying separated borders (right).
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To modify table borders and cell borders
1 Select the table or table area that you want to modify.
A table area can include a cell, a group of cells, rows, columns, or the entire table.
2 Click the Border selection button on the property bar, and choose the borders that you want to modify.
3 Perform a task from the following table.
To Do the following
Modify the border thickness
Modify the border color
Modify the border line style
Choose a border width from the Outline
width list box on the property bar.
Click the Outline color picker on the property bar, and then click a color on the color palette.
Click the Outline pen button on the property bar, and set outline properties in the Outline pen dialog box.
To modify cell margins in tables
1 Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Select the cells that you want to modify.
3 Click Margins on the property bar.
4 Type a value in the Top margin box.
By default, the value in the top margin box is applied to all margins, so that equal margins are created.
If you want to apply different values for the margins, click the Lock margins button to unlock the margin boxes, and type values in the Top margin, Bottom
margin, Left margin, and Right margin boxes.
5 Press Enter.
To modify cell border spacing in tables
1 Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Click Options on the property bar.
3 Enable the Separated cell borders check box.
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4 Type a value in the Horizontal cell spacing box.
By default, the vertical cell spacing is equal to the horizontal cell spacing.
If you do not want equal cell spacing, click the Lock cell spacing button to unlock the Vertical cell spacing box, and then type values in both the Horizontal cell
spacing and Vertical cell spacing boxes.
5 Press Enter.
Working with text in tables
You can easily add text to table cells, and you can modify this text as you would any other paragraph text. For example, you can change the font, add bullets, or add indents to table text. You can change the text properties of a single table cell, or of multiple table cells simultaneously. In addition, you can add tab stops to table cells so that text is shifted away from the cell margins.
When you type text in a new table, you can choose to automatically adjust the size of table cells.
To type text in a table cell
1 Click the Table tool .
2 Click a cell.
3 Type text in the cell.
You can select text in a cell by pressing Ctrl + A.
To change the properties of text in table cells
1 Using the Table tool, click a table.
2 Hold down Ctrl, and click the table cells that contain text to be formatted.
3 Click Text Text properties, and specify the settings you want in the Text
properties docker.
For more information about formatting text, see “Formatting text” on page 483.
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To change the text properties for an entire row, column, or table simultaneously, you must first select the table component or table. For more
information, see “To select a table, row, or column” on page 615.
To insert a tab stop in a table cell
• With the Table tool pointer inserted in a cell, click Text Insert formatting code
Tab.
Another way to insert a tab stop is by pressing the Tab key. To use this method, you must set the Tab key to insert tab stops. For information about
changing the Tab key options, see “To change the navigational direction of the
To automatically resize table cells when you type
1 Click the Pick tool , and then click the table.
2 Click Options on the property bar, and enable the Automatically resize cells
while typing check box.
This option can be applied to new tables that do not yet have text or other content.
If a table already contains text, only cells to which new text is added will be resized.
Converting tables to text
If you no longer want table text to appear in a table, you can convert the table text to
To convert a table to text
1 Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Click Table Convert table to text.
3 In the Separate cell text with area, choose one of the following options:
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• Commas — replaces each column with a comma and replaces each row with a paragraph marker
• Tabs — replaces each column with a tab and replaces each row with a paragraph marker
• Paragraphs — replaces each column with a paragraph marker
• User defined — replaces each column with a specified character and replaces each row with a paragraph marker
If you enable the User defined option, you must type a character in the User
defined box.
If you do not type a character in the User defined box, each of the table rows is converted into a paragraph, and the table columns are ignored.
Merging and splitting tables and cells
You can change how a table is configured by merging adjacent cells, rows, and columns.
If you merge table cells, the formatting of the upper-left cell is applied to all merged cells. Alternatively, you can unmerge cells that were previously merged.
You can change the look of a table (left) by merging adjacent table cells (right).
You can also split table cells, rows, or columns. Splitting lets you create new cells, rows, or columns without changing the size of the table.
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You can insert additional rows in a table (left) by splitting table cells (right).
To merge table cells
1 Select the cells to be merged.
The selected cells must be contiguous.
2 Click Table Merge cells.
To unmerge table cells
1 Select the cell that you want to unmerge.
2 Click Table Unmerge cells.
To split table cells, rows, or columns
1 Click the Table tool .
2 Select the cell, row, or column that you want to divide.
3 Perform a task from the following table.
To
Split a selection horizontally
Split a selection vertically
Do the following
Click Table Split into rows, and type a value in the Number of rows box.
Click Table Split into columns, and type a value in the Number of columns box.
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Manipulating tables as objects
You can manipulate tables as you would other objects.
The following table lists the various ways to manipulate a table as an object.
You can
Resize and scale a table
Rotate a table
Mirror a table
Lock a table
Convert a table to a bitmap
Break a table apart
For more information see
“Sizing and scaling objects” on page 258
“Rotating objects” on page 261
“Mirroring objects” on page 262
“Converting vector graphics to bitmaps” on page 633
“To convert objects to curve objects” on page 193
Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables
If you want to arrange bitmap images or vector graphics in a structured layout, you can add them to tables. You can also change the look of a table by adding a background color.
To insert an image or a graphic in a table cell
1 Copy an image or a graphic.
2 Click the Table tool, and select the cell where you want to insert the image or graphic.
3 Click Edit Paste.
You can also insert a graphic or an image by holding down the right mouse button over the image, dragging the image to a cell, releasing the right mouse button, and then clicking Place inside cell.
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To add a background color to a table
1 Click the Table tool , and then click the table.
2 Click the Background color picker, and then click a color on the color palette.
You can also modify the background color of specific cells, rows, or columns by selecting the cells, clicking the Background color picker on the property bar, and then clicking a color on the color palette.
Importing tables in a drawing
With Corel DESIGNER, you can create tables by importing content from Quattro
Pro® (.qpw) and Microsoft® Excel® (.xls) spreadsheets. You can also import tables created in a word-processing application, such as WordPerfect or Microsoft® Word.
To import a table from Quattro Pro or Excel
1 Click File Import.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the spreadsheet is stored.
3 Click the file to select it.
4 Click Import.
The Import/Paste dialog box appears.
5 From the Import tables as list box, choose Tables.
6 Choose one of the following options:
• Maintain fonts and formatting — imports all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
• Maintain formatting only — imports all formatting that is applied to the text
• Discard fonts and formatting — ignores all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
To import a table from a word-processing document
1 Click File Import.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the text file is stored.
3 Click the file.
4 Click Import.
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5 From the Import tables as list box, choose Tables.
6 Choose one of the following options:
• Maintain fonts and formatting — imports all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
• Maintain formatting only — imports all formatting that is applied to the text
• Discard fonts and formatting — ignores all fonts and formatting that are applied to the text
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Bitmaps
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .633
Working with bitmap color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661
Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .671
Working with RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .687
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