Use the Table dialog box's Accessibility section to create an explanatory Caption that will be read aloud by special audio Web browsers for visually impaired visitors. If needed, add details in the Summary field.
Add Image to Table p. 50
If you're having trouble selecting a table, click near the table and then press in Windows or on the Mac. Or click the <table> tag down in the status bar.
For more precision in resizing the table, type a number into the W field of the Properties inspector and press .
Add Labels p. 52
The Table dialog box Header optionsNone, Left, Top, and Bothlet you skip adding labels, label only the rows, label only the columns, or label both rows and columns.
Import Tabular Data p. 54
Before importing, use your spreadsheet or word-processing program to save the data in comma- or tab-delimited form.
Sometimes the Set drop-down menu in the Table Width section of the Import Tabular Data dialog box will switch to Percenteven if you previously set it to Pixels. So double-check before clicking OK.
Our copy-and-paste example works because each table had the same number of columns. You cannot, for example, copy 6 columns and paste them into 4 columns.
Format Table Colors p. 57
By using -click in Windows or -click on the Mac, you also can select non-adjacent columns or cells. Then you can format all the selections at once.
Sort Tables p. 58
By default, the Options in the Sort Table dialog box are not checked, since you seldom want the header or footer rows sorted.