Adding Images to Tables


Although table cells are created to hold text, you can easily add images as inline graphics to each cell. (See page 244 for more information on working with inline graphics.)

To insert a graphic into a table cell:

1.

Place an insertion point inside a table cell.

2.

Choose File > Place to insert an image into the cell .

An example of how a placed image can be inserted into a table cell.

or

Paste a graphic copied to the clipboard into the cell.

Tip

Graphics in cells are pasted as inline graphics.

If the graphic is larger than the size of the cell, some of the graphic may stick out beyond the cell. You use the Clipping setting to control whether placed graphics are seen outside a cell.

To control the display of a graphic inside a cell:

1.

Place your insertion point inside the cell that contains the placed graphic.

2.

Choose Table > Cell Options > Text. This opens the Cell Options dialog box .

The Clip Contents to Cell option for inline graphics in a cell.

3.

Select Clip Contents to Cell to limit the display of the graphic to inside the cell .

With the clip options turned on, an inline graphic is confined to the boundaries of the cell.

or

Deselect Clip Contents to Cell to allow the graphic to be displayed outside the cell .

With the clip options turned off, an inline graphic extends outside the boundaries of the cell.

Tip

In addition to allowing a graphic to appear outside the cell boundaries, you can also drag a table so that the table itself extends outside the text frame.



InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows(c) Visual QuickStart Guide
InDesign CS4 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 0321573579
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 309
Authors: Sandee Cohen

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