1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguidetable_insertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting Tables</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/table_insert.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156377"><bookmark_value>tables; inserting text tables</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>inserting; tables in text</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>DDE; inserting tables</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>OLE objects; inserting tables in</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cells;inserting from spreadsheets</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>tables in spreadsheets;inserting in text</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>spreadsheets;inserting tables from</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed "cell ranges;" to "cells;"</comment> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156377" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="31"><variable id="table_insert"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_insert.xhp" name="Inserting Tables">Inserting Tables</link> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149489" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="32">There are several ways to create a table in a text document. You can insert a table from a toolbar, through a menu command, or from a spreadsheet. <comment>UFI: from a database?</comment></paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155908" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="33">To Insert a Table From the Insert Toolbar</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="34">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147416" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="28">On the <emph>Standard</emph> bar, click the arrow next to the <emph>Table</emph> icon.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153398" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="29">In the table grid, drag to select the numbers of rows and columns that you want, and then release.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153416" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="30">To cancel, drag to the other side until <emph>Cancel</emph> appears in the preview area of the grid.<comment>make it RTL compliant</comment></paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153135" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="35">To Insert a Table With a Menu Command</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149642" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="36">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">Choose <emph>Table - Insert - Table</emph>. </paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149858" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="66">In the <emph>Size</emph> area, enter the number of rows and columns.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145097" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="67">Select the options that you want, click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149572" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG" 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="43">To Insert a Table From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149594" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="44">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156250" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="45">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154395" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="68">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>.</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154420" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="46">In your text document, do one of the following:</paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>. The cell range is pasted as an OLE object. To edit the contents of the cells, double-click the object.</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154248" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, and choose from the following options:</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <table id="tbl_id3152755"> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154844" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="49">Options</paragraph> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154867" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="50">Is inserted as...</paragraph> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155893" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="51">$[officename] $[officeversion] Spreadsheet</paragraph> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149986" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="52">OLE object - as with <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 122*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V or drag-and-drop</paragraph> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148674" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="53">GDIMetaFile</paragraph> 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148697" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="54">Graphic</paragraph> 131*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 132*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 133*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 134*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 135*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153027" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="55">Bitmap</paragraph> 136*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 137*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 138*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148957" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="56">Graphic</paragraph> 139*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 140*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 141*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 142*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 143*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147104" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="57">HTML</paragraph> 144*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 145*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 146*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147126" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="58">HTML table</paragraph> 147*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 148*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 149*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 150*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 151*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="59">Unformatted text</paragraph> 152*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 153*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 154*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150246" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="60">Text only, tab stops as separators</paragraph> 155*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 156*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 157*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 158*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 159*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145227" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="61">Formatted text [RTF]</paragraph> 160*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 161*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 162*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150938" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="62">Text table</paragraph> 163*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 164*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 165*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablerow> 166*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 167*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150965" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="63"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">DDE link (only under Windows) 168*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 169*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 170*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <tablecell> 171*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154377" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="64"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">Table structure and contents, without formatting. With updating 172*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 173*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablecell> 174*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </tablerow> 175*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </table> 176*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 177*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151093" role="heading" level="3" l10n="CHG" 178*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="38">Drag-and-Drop a Cell Range From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 179*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 180*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 181*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151116" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="39">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph> 182*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 183*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 184*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150515" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="69">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 185*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 186*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 187*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150534" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="40">Click and hold the mouse button in the selected cells.</paragraph> 188*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 189*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 190*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147527" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="41">Drag the selected cells into the text document.</paragraph> 191*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 192*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 193*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 194*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_select.xhp#table_select"/> 195*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_delete.xhp#table_delete"/> 196*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/borders.xhp#borders"/> 197*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 198*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 199