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See the License for the 190e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 200e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 220e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 230e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 241832f669Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriterguidetable_insertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting Tables</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/swriter/guide/table_insert.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 321832f669Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156377"> 331832f669Smseidel<bookmark_value>tables; inserting text tables</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting; tables in text</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>DDE; inserting tables</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>OLE objects; inserting tables in</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>cells;inserting from spreadsheets</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>tables in spreadsheets;inserting in text</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>spreadsheets;inserting tables from</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw changed "cell ranges;" to "cells;"</comment> 41*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156377" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="table_insert"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_insert.xhp" name="Inserting Tables">Inserting Tables</link> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 43*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149489" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">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> 44*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155908" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Insert a Table From the Insert Toolbar</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155861" role="listitem" l10n="U">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 50*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147416" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">On the <emph>Standard</emph> bar, click the arrow next to the <emph>Table</emph> icon.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 53*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153398" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the table grid, drag to select the numbers of rows and columns that you want, and then release.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 56*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153416" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">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> 57*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153135" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Insert a Table With a Menu Command</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 60*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149642" role="listitem" l10n="U">Place the cursor in your document where you want to insert the table.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 63*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149609" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Choose <emph>Table - Insert - Table</emph>.</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 66*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149858" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <emph>Size</emph> area, enter the number of rows and columns.</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 69*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145097" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the options that you want, click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 72*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149572" role="heading" level="2" l10n="CHG">To Insert a Table From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 75*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149594" role="listitem" l10n="U">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 78*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156250" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 81*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154395" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>.</paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 84*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154420" role="listitem" l10n="U">In your text document, do one of the following:</paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 89*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>. The cell range is pasted as an OLE object. To edit the contents of the cells, double-click the object.</paragraph> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 92*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154248" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>, and choose from the following options:</paragraph> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3152755"> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 98*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154844" role="tablehead" l10n="U">Options</paragraph> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 101*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154867" role="tablehead" l10n="U">Is inserted as...</paragraph> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 106*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155893" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">$[officename] $[officeversion] Spreadsheet</paragraph> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 109*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149986" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">OLE object - as with <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 110cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V or drag-and-drop</paragraph> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 115*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148674" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">GDIMetaFile</paragraph> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 118*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148697" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Graphic</paragraph> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 123*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153027" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Bitmap</paragraph> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 126*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148957" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Graphic</paragraph> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 131*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147104" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">HTML</paragraph> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 134*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147126" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">HTML table</paragraph> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 136cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 139*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Unformatted text</paragraph> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 142*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150246" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Text only, tab stops as separators</paragraph> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 147*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145227" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Formatted text [RTF]</paragraph> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 150*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150938" role="tablecontent" l10n="U">Text table</paragraph> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 155*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150965" role="tablecontent" l10n="U"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">DDE link (only under Windows) 156cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell> 159*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154377" role="tablecontent" l10n="U"><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">Table structure and contents, without formatting. With updating 160cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 164*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151093" role="heading" level="3" l10n="CHG">Drag-and-Drop a Cell Range From a Calc Spreadsheet</paragraph> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 167*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151116" role="listitem" l10n="U">Open the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet containing the cell range that you want to insert.</paragraph> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 170*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150515" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the spreadsheet, drag to select the cells.</paragraph> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 173*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150534" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Click and hold the mouse button in the selected cells.</paragraph> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 176*82fdead1Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147527" role="listitem" l10n="U">Drag the selected cells into the text document.</paragraph> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 178cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_select.xhp#table_select"/> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/swriter/guide/table_delete.xhp#table_delete"/> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/swriter/guide/borders.xhp#borders"/> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 185