Table rows and columns

Add a row or column

1. Click in a table cell next to where you want to add the row or column.

2. Choose Table > Add Rows Or Columns. The Add Rows or Columns dialog is displayed.

   Add Rows or Columns dialog
   
   

3. Specify the number of rows or columns you want to add and where you want to insert them.

4. Click Add.

The new rows or columns have the same properties as the current row or column.

Add a row using the Element Catalog (structured documents)

• Click where you want to add the row in the Structure View, select a row element in the Elements catalog, and click Insert.

Add a row below the current one

• Press

  ctrl
  +
  enter
  .

  The new row has the same properties as the previous row.

  If the insertion point is in the last cell of the last row, press

  tab
  to create a new row at the end of the table.

Delete a row or column

1. Select the rows or columns you want to delete, making sure that you select entire rows or columns. If you don’t, the contents of the selected cells are deleted without a prompt for a decision.

2. Press Delete, click Remove Cells From Table, and click Clear.

Copy or move rows or columns

Reorder rows or columns

1. Select the rows or columns to reorder in the table.

2. Hold down the

   shift
   key and drag-and-drop the rows or columns to the required alternate location in the table.

Resize a column by dragging

• To change a column width, select a cell in that column and drag its handle until the column is the size you want. Select several columns to resize them together.

• To move the border between two columns so one column grows wider and the other narrower,

  alt
  -drag a selection handle. The overall width of the table doesn’t change.

Specify a precise column width

1. Select cells in the columns you want to resize (if you’re resizing a single column, just click in it), and choose Table > Format > Resize Columns or right-click and choose Resize Columns.

   Note: If you are working in Structured FrameMaker's Author/Simplified XML View, you can right-click the table cell and choose Table > Format > Resize Columns.

2. Do one of the following:

   • To specify a value for the width, click To Width and enter the value.

   • To set the width to a percentage of the original width, click By Scaling and enter a percentage.

   • To make the column the same width as another column in the table, click To Width of Column Number and enter the column number.

   • To make the widths equal parts of a total, click To Equal Widths Totaling and enter the total width.

   • To specify a total width while still keeping the columns’ proportions the same, click By Scaling to Widths Totaling and enter the total width.

   • To set the width to match the widest paragraph or frame in the selected cells, click To Width Of Selected Cells’ Contents and enter a maximum width.

3. Click Resize.

Copy and paste a column width

1. Click in the column whose width you want to copy.

2. Choose Edit > Copy Special > Table Column Width.

3. Click in the column you want to change and choose Edit > Paste. Only the column width is pasted; the contents of the cells remain unchanged.

Adjust the height of a row

The height of a row changes automatically to fit the cell’s contents, but you can increase the height further if you want.

1. Click in the row that has the height you want to increase, and choose Table > Format > Row Format.

2. Enter values for the minimum and maximum row height and then click Set.

Make all rows the same height

1. Determine the height of the tallest row in a table: Hold down

   alt
   +
   shift
   while drawing a selection border around the row.

2. Note the height, which appears in the status bar.

3. Select the entire table, and choose Table > Format > Row Format.

4. Specify this value for the minimum row height and click Set.