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Reminder: When selected, the table frame is like any other graphic item. You can fill it with color, border it with a pen color, and rotate it in any direction. |
An in-line table frame is inserted directly into the flow of text in a full-screen word processing document. The table frame gets treated like a character and as such is affected by indentation and alignment. However, text styles, size, and font properties do not affect an in-line table frame.
In-line table frames are useful if you want the table to stay in the same position relative to the text. When inserted in-line, text inside the full-screen document wraps around the table borders.
A floating table frame is placed in a special graphics layer that exists above the full-screen word processing document. A floating table frame is not directly tied to the text flow, thus it does not move with the text in the full-screen word processing document. The floating table can be moved anywhere within the document, though, by selecting it and using the mouse. You can also specify how text in the full-screen word processing document wraps around the floating table frame.
At the very top of the Gobe Productive document window is the MenuBar. The MenuBar displays the appropriate menus for the currently active environment. Each document type has its own special menu items. However, the first five menu items in the MenuBar are common to all Gobe Productive documents. For more information about these common menus see the Menu Bar topic in The Basics section. The menu items that are specific for the table frame are the Table and the Format menus.
Table menu: Contains commands specific to a table, such as merging and splitting cells, inserting and deleting rows and columns, and distributing rows and columns evenly.
Format menu: Contains commands for formatting text and inserting special document fields such as page numbers, formulas, line breaks, etc...
From the MenuBar you can change the cells in the table. For example, if you want your table to contain cells that are all the exact same width or height, you can ask Gobe Productive to distribute your cells evenly.
The PartBar is the most dynamic element of the Gobe Productive suite. Located between the FormatBar and the Workspace, the PartBar changes to display the applicable tools for the table when the table is active.
Most of the tools on the table frame PartBar are the same as for a word processing document, but it also contains specific tools for the table frame.
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Environment Icon: This icon indicates that a table frame is active. |
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Alignment Buttons: These buttons control the alignment of text (left, center, right, justified). |
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Line Spacing: These buttons increase and decrease the spacing between lines of text. Click the increase button (right) to increase the line spacing one-half line at a time. Click the decrease button (left) to decrease the line spacing one-half line at a time. Click the edit text field to enter a value directly (lines or points). |
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Check Spelling: This button starts the spell checker, and displays the SpellBar. The SpellBar is a special addition to the PartBar exclusively used for spell checking. For more information, please see the Spell Checking topic. |
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Show/Hide Invisibles: Invisible characters are characters that are normally not shown in a document. Spaces, Tabs and Breaks are examples of invisible characters. This button shows you these invisible characters if they are presently not displayed in your document. If the invisible characters are shown, this button hides them. |
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Vertical Alignment: This tool controls the vertical text/number alignment of the selected cells. When selected, a popup menu displays the different alignment choices: Align Top, Align Center, Align Bottom. |
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Insert Column: This tool inserts a column in your table. The new column is inserted to the left of the currently selected column. You can also insert a column in the table by selecting Table from the MenuBar and then selecting Insert Column. |
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Insert Row: This tool inserts a row in your table. The new row is inserted above the currently selected row. You can also insert a row in the table by selecting Table from the MenuBar and then selecting Insert Row. |
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Merge Cells: If two or more cells are selected, then you can merge these cells to become one large cell. You can select cells from a row, from a column, or from both. You can also merge cells by selecting Table from the MenuBar and then selecting Merge Cells. |
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Split Cells: This tools is used to split a cell into several cells. If this tool is selected, a Split Cell dialog box is displayed. Here you can enter the number of rows and columns you wish the selected cell(s) to be split into. You can select cells from a row, from a column, or from both, and then proceed to split them. You can also split cells by selecting Table from the MenuBar and then selecting Split Cells. |
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