OpenOffice Writer 3.x - The Table menu and toolbar

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All of the table commands described in this chapter are conveniently located in the main menu under the Table item and on the Table toolbar, shown below.

Table 1 describes the effects of using these icons. When you create a table or select an existing table, the Table toolbar may be displayed automatically, or you can manually display it by clicking View > Toolbars > Table. The toolbar can float over the main Writer window (as shown below), or it can be docked along any edge of the main window.

Table toolbar:
1 Table 2 Line Style 3 Line Color (border) 4 Borders 5 Background Color 6 Merge Cells 7 Split Cells 8 Optimize 9 Top 10 Center (vertical) 11 Bottom 12 Insert Row 13 Insert Column 14 Delete Row 15 Delete Column 16 Select Table 17 Select Column 18 Select Row 19 AutoFormat 20 Table Properties 21 Sort 22 Sum

Table 1: Functions of the icons on the Table toolbar

Name	Description
Table	Click on the icon to open the Insert Table dialog box where you can set up and insert a table into the document, name the table for use with the Navigator, and set some other options. If you press the small black triangle pointing down next to the icon you can use the mouse to drag to select the number of rows and columns to include in the table.
Line Style	Opens the Border Style window where you can modify the border line style.
Line Color (border)	Opens the Border Color window where you can modify the border color.
Borders	Opens the Borders window where you can select which sides of the table or of the selected cells will have a border.
Background Color	Opens the Background toolbar where you can select the background color of the table or of the selected cells.
Merge Cells	Combines the selected cells into a single cell. Refer to Merging and splitting cells on page 14 for an example of using this button.
Split Cells	Opens the Split Cell dialog box where you can define how to split a cell. Refer to Merging and splitting cells on page 14 for an example of using this button.
Optimize	Opens the a drop down menu with four options you can use to let OOo optimize the distribution of the columns or rows or optimize the row height or column width.
Top	Press this button to align the contents of the selected cells to the top of the cell.
Center (vertical)	Press this button to align the contents of the selected cells to the vertical center of the cell.
Bottom	Press this button to align the contents of the selected cells to the bottom of the cell.
Insert Row	Inserts a row below the selected row.
Insert Column	Inserts a column after the selected column.
Delete Row	Deletes the selected row(s) from the table.
Delete Column	Deletes the selected column(s) from the table.
Select Table	Selects the entire table.
Select Column	Selects the column in which the cursor is positioned.
Select Row	Selects the row in which the cursor is positioned.
AutoFormat	Opens the AutoFormat dialog box where you can select among several predefined formatting sets. Each set is characterized by its own fonts, shading, and borders styles. You can also select AutoFormat from the Insert Table dialog box.
Table Properties	Opens the Table Format dialog box where you can control all the properties of the table—for example: name, alignment, spacing, column width, borders, and background.
Sort	Opens the Sort dialog box where you can specify the sort criteria for the selected cells.
Sum	Activates the sum function. Refer to “Using spreadsheet functions in a table” on page 28 for an example of using this function.

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