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32<meta>
33<topic id="textswriter0105090201xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Editing Tables Using the Keyboard</title>
35<filename>/text/swriter/01/05090201.xhp</filename>
36</topic>
37<history>
38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2005-01-11T15:34:52">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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42<body>
43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154506"><bookmark_value>tables; editing with the keyboard</bookmark_value>
44</bookmark>
45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154506" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="tabelle_tastatur"><link href="text/swriter/01/05090201.xhp" name="Editing Tables Using the Keyboard">Editing Tables Using the Keyboard</link>
46</variable></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145244" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can resize and delete table columns with the keyboard.</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150564" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Resizing Columns and Rows</paragraph>
49<list type="unordered">
50<listitem>
51<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153920" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">To resize a column, place the cursor in a table cell, hold down Alt, and then press the left or the right arrow. To resize the column without changing the width of the table, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command+Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl+Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>, and then press the left or the right arrows.</paragraph>
52</listitem>
53<listitem>
54<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147566" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">To increase the left indent of the table, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift, and then press the right arrow.</paragraph>
55</listitem>
56<listitem>
57<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150759" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">To resize a row, place the cursor in the row, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>, and then press the up or the down arrows.</paragraph>
58</listitem>
59<listitem>
60<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149286" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">To move the table downwards on the page, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift, and then press the down arrow.</paragraph>
61</listitem>
62</list>
63<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151176" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Inserting and deleting columns or rows</paragraph>
64<list type="unordered">
65<listitem>
66<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147512" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">To insert a column, place the cursor in a table cell, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> and press Insert, release, and then press the left or the right arrow.</paragraph>
67</listitem>
68<listitem>
69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152940" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">To delete a column, place the cursor in the column that you want to delete, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> and press Delete, release, and then press the left or the right arrow.</paragraph>
70</listitem>
71<listitem>
72<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154105" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">To insert a row, place the cursor in a table cell, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> and press Insert, release, and then press the up or the down arrow.</paragraph>
73</listitem>
74<listitem>
75<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">To delete a row, place the cursor in the row that you want to delete, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> and press Delete, release, and then press the up or the down arrow.</paragraph>
76</listitem>
77</list>
78<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3150983" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">To change the behavior of tables in a text document, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040500.xhp" name="Text Document - Table">%PRODUCTNAME Writer - Table</link></emph>.</paragraph>
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80<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154196" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16"><link href="text/swriter/main0204.xhp" name="Table Bar">Table Bar</link></paragraph>
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