Table Ribbon

If you click on the face of the button, the Insert Table dialog opens, which lets you insert a table and specify various settings for it.

If you click the down arrow, you can use a grid to select the number of rows and columns for a simple table and insert it.

See Inserting Tables.

Opens a submenu, which lets you choose options for selecting the following.

• Select All Cells Selects all of the cells in the table.
• Select Table Selects the entire table.
• Select Row Selects the row where the cursor is placed in a table.
• Select Column Selects the column where the cursor is placed in a table.
• Select Cell Selects the cell where the cursor is placed in a table.

Shows and hides the gridlines in the table.

Opens the Table Properties dialog, which lets you edit properties of the table (e.g., table size, caption, auto-fit behavior, stylesheet). See Editing Table Properties.

Opens a submenu, which lets you select an option for deleting.

• Delete Table Deletes the entire table.
• Delete Rows Deletes the selected row(s) in a table.
• Delete Columns Deletes the selected column(s) in a table.

Inserts a new row in a table. The new row is inserted above the area where the cursor is inserted.

Inserts a new row in a table. The new row is inserted below the area where the cursor is inserted.

Inserts a new column in a table. The new column is inserted to the left of the area where the cursor is inserted.

Inserts a new column in a table. The new column is inserted to the right of the area where the cursor is inserted.

Turns the selected cells in a table into one big cell. You can merge any number of rows and columns in a table, as long as they are adjacent to one another.

Turns the selected cell in a table into many smaller cells by splitting the cell. When you split a cell, you are essentially inserting a smaller table into that cell.

Removes the text from the cells selected in a table.

Opens the Table Cell Content Style dialog, which lets you choose specific table or paragraph styles to use for the selected cells. See Selecting Styles for Table Cell Contents.

Removes local cell formatting in a table. If you have applied local formatting to a table (e.g., applying background shading to cells directly, not through the use of styles), you can easily remove it. This is possible even if the topic was previously saved and closed. The local formatting is removed from the entire table (if you simply placed your cursor within it) or from selected cells. See Resetting Local Cell Formatting.

Opens a drop-down menu where you can select an existing table style to apply to selected content.

Opens the Add File dialog, where the Table Style file type is already selected. After completing the dialog, the TableStyle Editor opens.

Opens the table style in the Table Style Editor so that you can edit styles in the stylesheet.

Applies the table style to the table again.

Opens a submenu, which lets you select options for sorting table rows (see Sorting Tables).

• Ascending Sorts the selected table rows in ascending order.
• Descending Sorts the selected table rows in descending order.
• Advanced Sorting Options Opens the Advanced Sorting Options dialog. You can sort tables using advanced options, choosing which columns to sort first. In addition, you can sort tables in this manner immediately, at compile time, or both.

Converts a table to text. This option is enabled only if you have placed the cursor within an existing table. See Converting Tables to Text.