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Tables allow you to control where on your page you want different components to appear

Inserting Tables

1. Click on the Table button in the Objects Palette
2. Drag the Table button from the Objects Palette to where you want your table
3. Select Table from the Insert menu

Selecting Table Components

1. To select the entire Table
   1. Right Click (Mac - Control Click) on the table and choose Table/Select Table
   2. Move the pointer over the top or bottom edge of the table until the arrow becomes a (Mac) or (PC) and then click.
   3. On the border of the table Control Click (PC) or Command Click (Mac)
   4. Click anywhere in the table and click the <table> tag in the bottom left of the main window.
   5. Click once anywhere in the table and use the Modify/Table menu
2. To select a row or column
   1. Click and drag across cells
   2. Click along the top or right margin when a black arrow appears
   3. Shift click to select multiple contiguous cells or Command (Control-windows) click to select non-contiguous cells

Formatting Tables (Note formatting choices vary depending on whether a cell or the entire table is selected.)

1. Control click in a cell
2. Use the Table Property inspector (Figure 1) or the Table Cell Property Inspector (Figure 2).
3. Use the Modify/Table menu
4. Use the Commands/Format Table menu to create a template table quickly
5. Use the Commands/Sort Table menu tosort a table
6. To delete rows or columns- control click in a cell and use the shortcut menu. Use the Modify/Table menu. Use the Edit/Cut menu

Figure 1. Table Property Inspector.

Figure 2. Table Cell Property Inspector.