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Creating a table
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You can create a new table, even using spreadsheet software to manage the data. You can add or delete columns and rows later.

This section contains the following topics:

Related HTML tags <TABLE></TABLE>
<TR></TR>
<TD></TD>



Creating a table

To create a blank table and fill it with text:

  1. Position the cursor at the location where you want to create a table, and click the Create table icon icon to display the Insert Table dialog box.

  2. Enter the number of rows in the Rows field and the number of columns in the Columns field:

    dialog box

  3. Click the OK button to create a blank table:

    Blank table

  4. Position the cursor in a cell and type the data for that cell. Move to the next cell and type its data, and so on:

    Table with data

Tip Tip To delete an unnecessary table, click the table using the right mouse button, and select Delete Table.


Tip Tip Another way to create a table is dragging the Create table
icon icon downward diagonally to the right. A table array appears, as shown in the following figure:

Table array

The small squares indicate cells. After dragging to adjust the number of cells, release the mouse button to create a blank table with the specified array.



Creating a table by inserting spreadsheet data

You can insert a spreadsheet file or spreadsheet data created by a spreadsheet application into TopPage in one of the following ways. The spreadsheet file must be in either the CSV (comma-separated values) format or the tab-separated format.


Note Note When you create a table from CSV format data, cells that include numerals only are automatically aligned to the right, whereas other cells are aligned to the left.



Adding a column or row

To add a column or row to the table:

  1. Click a cell.

    Tip Tip You can add a column or row to the top, bottom, left, or right of the clicked cell.

    Cell selection

  2. To add a column, press the Insert column icon icon on the Table toolbar for 2 or more seconds. To add a row, press the Insert row icon icon for 2 or more seconds until the following pop-up menu appears:

    Pop-up menu of table icons

  3. To add a column or row, select any menu except Specify and Add.

    Tip Tip To add multiple rows or columns at a time, select Specify and Add from the pop-up menu, enter the number of rows or columns to be added in the dialog box, and then click either the Above, Below, Left, or Right button.

    A table with an added row

Tip Tip YOU can also add a column to the right of the selected cell by clicking the Insert column icon icon. You can also add a row under the selected cell by clicking the Insert row icon icon.



Deleting a row or column

To delete an unnecessary column or row:

  1. Click any cell that the unnecessary column or row includes.

  2. Click the Delete column icon icon to delete the column. Click the Delete row icon icon to delete the row.

Note Note When a column or row is deleted, the content of the cells is also erased. To avoid erasing the content of the cells, select Option from the Tool menu and clear the Delete the Table and the Contents check box on the General tab of the Option dialog box. Then when you delete a column or row, its content moves to the preceding column or row.