1.Select the Table tool in Write > Insert.

2.For a quick table just highlight the number of rows and columns in the table matrix and click to insert the table. For more control click on Insert Table to display the Insert Table dialog.

3.Enter the number of rows and columns and choose your formatting options.

For full details see Table Properties in the Reference section.

Column widths are not set when you create the table. Please see Managing column widths and About table and column widths for details on setting and adjusting the widths of your tables and their columns.

You can choose the following table width options when you insert a table:

Autosize:

Creates a table that calculates its size on the basis of the contents of its cells. The absolute width of the table in your output will depend on how you adjust the width of the cells and the content you put in them.

Size table to fit on page:

Creates a table that is permanently maximized to the width of the current paragraph (if the paragraph has indents the table will be narrower than the page). This is exactly the same as sizing manually and setting a width of 100%.

Size table manually:

Creates a table with a fixed width in percent or pixels. Percentage values are relative to the width of the current paragraph. Setting a value of 100% is exactly the same as Size table to fit on page.

Tables can be set to split automatically at page boundaries for PDFs and manual printouts. Note that this function is not supported by the Print Topic tool in the Topics tab, which is a very simple print function.

•Select Table can split to next page in the Table Properties to ensure that page breaks can be inserted when you output to PDFs and printed manuals.

•Select the Number of heading rows that you want repeat on each page as the ongoing header of the table.

If you set a background color for your table header it will only be displayed if you define at least one heading row!

You can convert selected paragraphs to a table. Columns will be created automatically at tab characters in the text. Note that you cannot convert text to a table inside another table.

Context menu: Direct conversion without a dialog

Right-click on the selected text and select Convert text to a Table in the context menu. This uses the default table format directly. You can configure the table afterwards with the Properties tool in the Table tab.

Table tool: Configure the table with a dialog

Select the paragraphs you want to convert and then select the Table tool in the Write or Table tab. Before the table is created the table properties dialog is displayed with which you can configure all table attributes except the number of columns and rows. Those are based on the selected paragraphs and the tab characters they contain.