Publisher 2003 Intermediate

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• In this section you will learn how to
• Insert a table
• Create a table
• Insert existing text into a table
• Insert columns and rows
• Resize columns and rows
• Delete columns and rows
• Split cells
• Merge cells
• Apply cell diagonals
• Add or change the tables AutoFormat
• Expand cells to fit text
• Fill down and right
• Use fill colour
• Add lines and line colour
• Change cell properties
• Resize, move and delete cells

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Insert A Table

• From the Objects toolbar, select the Insert Table
  button.

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Create A Table

• The Create table dialog box is accessed after the
  table has been inserted, or from the Table menu.
• From the table menu select, Insert ? Table.
• From the dialog box you can indicate the number
  or columns and rows needed as well as the table
  format/design.

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Creating Tables From Existing Text

• When inserting existing text, commas or tabs must
  separate each item designated for columns, and
  categoryies are to be separated by paragraphs to
  form rows.
• Inserting data is as simple as cutting and
  special pasting.

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Insert, Select, And Delete Columns And Rows

• The first three menu options are Insert, Delete
  and Select.
• Each of these options have a sub-menu of tasks
  that can be performed with the associated
  command.

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Merge And Split Cells

• To merge cells is to combine multiple cells into
  one column or row.
• To split cells is to separate them.

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Apply Cell Diagonals

• The cell diagonal feature allows you to split a
  cell.
• Publisher gives you the option of dividing the
  cell down or dividing the cell upwards.
• To divide all of the table cells select and
  highlight the entire table.

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Auto Formatting Tables

• The Table AutoFormat feature is located under the
  Table menu, and allows you to select a table
  style.
• You can also apply or change different formats
  such as borders, patterns and shading, and text
  aligning and formatting.

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Fill Down And Fill Right

• Filling down and filling right will take the
  contents from one cell and copy them into
  another.
• Select the cell that contains the data you want
  to copy into the bottom or right cell, and select
  either fill down or fill right from the Table
  menu.

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Color And Lines

• Under Fill you can apply fill effects, solid
  colors and set transparency.

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Table Fill Effects

• Under Fill Color we can access the Fill Effects
  dialog box.
• A fill effects can be one color to two colors,
  Textures, Patterns, pictures and Tint.
• If you have decided to choose a color, shading
  styles can be applied.

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Cell Properties

• Cell properties are where we can position text
  within the cells.