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You can insert a table from a toolbar, through a menu command, or from a spreadsheet. <comment>UFI: from a database?</comment></paragraph> 45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155908" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 46oldref="33">To Insert a Table From the Insert Toolbar</paragraph> 47<list type="ordered"> 48<listitem> 49<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> 50</listitem> 51<listitem> 52<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> 53</listitem> 54<listitem> 55<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> 56</listitem> 57</list> 58<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> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153135" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 60oldref="35">To Insert a Table With a Menu Command</paragraph> 61<list type="ordered"> 62<listitem> 63<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> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">Choose <emph>Table - Insert - Table</emph>.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<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> 70</listitem> 71<listitem> 72<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> 73</listitem> 74</list> 75<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149572" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG" 76oldref="43">To Insert a Table From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 77<list type="ordered"> 78<listitem> 79<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149594" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="44">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph> 80</listitem> 81<listitem> 82<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156250" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="45">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 83</listitem> 84<listitem> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154395" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="68">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>.</paragraph> 86</listitem> 87<listitem> 88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154420" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="46">In your text document, do one of the following:</paragraph> 89</listitem> 90</list> 91<list type="unordered"> 92<listitem> 93<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>. The cell range is pasted as an OLE object. To edit the contents of the cells, double-click the object.</paragraph> 94</listitem> 95<listitem> 96<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154248" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, and choose from the following options:</paragraph> 97</listitem> 98</list> 99<table id="tbl_id3152755"> 100<tablerow> 101<tablecell> 102<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154844" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="49">Options</paragraph> 103</tablecell> 104<tablecell> 105<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154867" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="50">Is inserted as...</paragraph> 106</tablecell> 107</tablerow> 108<tablerow> 109<tablecell> 110<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155893" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="51">$[officename] $[officeversion] Spreadsheet</paragraph> 111</tablecell> 112<tablecell> 113<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 114</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V or drag-and-drop</paragraph> 115</tablecell> 116</tablerow> 117<tablerow> 118<tablecell> 119<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148674" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="53">GDIMetaFile</paragraph> 120</tablecell> 121<tablecell> 122<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148697" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="54">Graphic</paragraph> 123</tablecell> 124</tablerow> 125<tablerow> 126<tablecell> 127<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153027" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="55">Bitmap</paragraph> 128</tablecell> 129<tablecell> 130<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148957" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="56">Graphic</paragraph> 131</tablecell> 132</tablerow> 133<tablerow> 134<tablecell> 135<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147104" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="57">HTML</paragraph> 136</tablecell> 137<tablecell> 138<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147126" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="58">HTML table</paragraph> 139</tablecell> 140</tablerow> 141<tablerow> 142<tablecell> 143<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="59">Unformatted text</paragraph> 144</tablecell> 145<tablecell> 146<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150246" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="60">Text only, tab stops as separators</paragraph> 147</tablecell> 148</tablerow> 149<tablerow> 150<tablecell> 151<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145227" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="61">Formatted text [RTF]</paragraph> 152</tablecell> 153<tablecell> 154<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150938" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="62">Text table</paragraph> 155</tablecell> 156</tablerow> 157<tablerow> 158<tablecell> 159<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) 160</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 161</tablecell> 162<tablecell> 163<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 164</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 165</tablecell> 166</tablerow> 167</table> 168<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151093" role="heading" level="3" l10n="CHG" 169oldref="38">Drag-and-Drop a Cell Range From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 170<list type="ordered"> 171<listitem> 172<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> 173</listitem> 174<listitem> 175<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150515" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="69">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 176</listitem> 177<listitem> 178<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> 179</listitem> 180<listitem> 181<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147527" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="41">Drag the selected cells into the text document.</paragraph> 182</listitem> 183</list> 184<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 185<embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_select.xhp#table_select"/> 186<embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_delete.xhp#table_delete"/> 187<embed href="text/swriter/guide/borders.xhp#borders"/> 188</body> 189</helpdocument> 190