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Introduction

Tables are a useful way to organize and present large amounts of information, for

example:

• Technical, financial, or statistical reports.

• Product catalogs showing descriptions, prices, characteristics, and

photographs of products.

• Bills or invoices.

• Lists of names with address, age, profession, and other information.

Tables can often be used as an alternative to spreadsheets to organize materials. A

well-designed table can help readers understand better what you are saying. While

you would normally use tables for text or numbers, you could put other objects, such

as pictures, in cells.

Tables can also be used as a page-layout tool to position text in areas of a document

instead of using several Tab characters. For example, the descriptions under Figure

290 were created in a table with invisible borders. Another, perhaps better example

would be in headers and footers to support independent positioning of different

elements, such as page number, document title etc. This use of tables is described in

Chapter 4 (Formatting Pages).

Creating a table

Before you insert a table into a document, it helps to have an idea of the visual result

you want to obtain as well as an estimate of the number of rows and columns

required. Every parameter can be changed at a later stage; however, thinking ahead

can save a large amount of time as changes to fully formatted tables often require a

significant effort.

Inserting a new table

To insert a new table, position the cursor where you want the table to appear, then

use any of the following methods to open the Insert Table dialog box:

• From the main menu, choose Table > Insert > Table.

• Press Control+F12.

• From the Standard toolbar, click the Table icon

Here you can specify the properties for the new table.

Under Name, you can enter a different name than the OOo-generated default for the

table. This might come in handy when using the Navigator to quickly jump to a table.

Under Size, specify the initial number of columns and rows for the new table. You can

change the size of the table later, if necessary.

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