Tables

To select	Keyboard shortcut
A cell	Press Control and click the cell
A row	Press Control and double-click column (vertical) border in the row
A column	Press Control and double-click row (horizontal) border in the row
Text in the cell above the current cell	Esc t m u a
Text in the cell below the current cell	Esc t m d a
All text in current cell	Esc t h a
Current cell, then next cell	Esc t h e
Current row, then next row	Esc t h r
Current column, then next column	Esc t h c
Body cells in current column, then next body cells	Esc t h b
Current table	Esc t h t, or press Control and triple-click a cell
Extend or shorten the election	Press Control+- and click the last cell you want in the selection

Use these shortcuts to move to the indicated cell.

To move to the	Keyboard shortcut
Cell to the right	Esc t m r
Cell to the left	Esc t m l (lowercase L)
Cell below	Esc t m d
Cell above	Esc t m u
Rightmost cell in the current row	Esc t m e
Leftmost cell in the current row	Esc t m a
Top cell in the current column	Esc t m t
Bottom cell in the current column	Esc t m b
Top-left selected cell	Esc t m s, Esc t h zero
Top-left cell	Esc t m Shift+t
Beginning of cell	Control+Page Up
End of cell	Control+Page Down
Next cell and select all text in cell	Tab, Esc t m n
Previous cell and select all text in cell	Shift+Tab, Esc t m p
Cell below and select all text in cell	Control+Alt+Tab
Cell above and select all text in cell	Control+Alt+Shift+Tab
Anchor point of a table	Esc t Shift+i

To	Keyboard shortcut
Type a tab character in a cell	Esc Tab

FrameMaker adds or deletes as many rows or columns as are currently selected.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Add rows above top selected row	Esc t Shift+r a
Add rows below bottom selected row	Esc t Shift+r b, Control+Return, Control+j
Add columns to left of leftmost selected column	Esc t c l (lowercase L)
Add columns to right of rightmost selected column	Esc t c r
Delete contents of selected rows or columns, but leave cells in table	Esc t c e
Delete selected rows or columns from table	Esc t c x
Sort rows and columns	Esc t s

If the Clipboard doesn’t contain whole rows or columns, these shortcuts always replace the selected cells.

To paste whole rows or columns	Keyboard shortcut
By replacing selected rows or columns	Esc t p r
Before current selection (above top selected row or to left of leftmost selected column)	Esc t p b
After current selection (below bottom selected row or to right of rightmost selected column)	Esc t p a

To use these shortcuts, click in the first paragraph in a cell.

To resize	Keyboard shortcut
Columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap	Esc t w
Selected column without changing table’s width	Press Alt and drag selected cell’s handle
Copy column width to Clipboard	Esc e y w

To use these shortcuts, click in the Table Designer.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Change all settings to As Is	Shift+F8
Change all settings to match the selected table	Shift+F9
Display previous page of properties	Page Up
Display next page of properties	Page Down
Apply only the current group of properties	Press Control and click Apply

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Apply the current table’s format to the catalog and to all tables that have the same tag	Esc t u t
Display the Edit Ruling Style dialog box	Esc t e