{"id":65,"date":"2016-09-27T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T20:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/eduguide\/chapter\/tables\/"},"modified":"2018-01-21T18:44:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:44:45","slug":"tables","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/eduguide\/chapter\/tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Tables"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>How to Create Tables in Pressbooks<\/h2>\n<p>For best results including tables in your book, use our Table Creator tool in the Visual Editor.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Text \/ Organize and click on the chapter in which you would like to add a table.<\/p>\n<p>Click on&nbsp;the toggle bar at the top right to show the full formatting toolbar.<\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_1085\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"774\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-24-at-6.49.18-PM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1085\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-24-at-6.49.18-PM.png\" alt=\"toggle toolbar\" width=\"774\" height=\"98\"><\/a> Toggle toolbar[\/caption]\n<p>Then use the Table Creator tool at the bottom left to create a table in your book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2016\/04\/table-tool.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1119\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/table-tool.png\" alt=\"table tool\" width=\"769\" height=\"105\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you have created your table and filled it with text, you can add styles such as headings as you would normally, by highlighting the text&nbsp;and choosing a style from the dropdown menu in the toolbar.<\/p>\n<p>To edit the table in other ways, place your cursor in any cell and click on the Table Creator button once again. From this menu you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insert another table within a cell.<\/li>\n<li>Access the table properties (see below).<\/li>\n<li>Delete the entire table.<\/li>\n<li>Edit cell, row and column properties.<\/li>\n<li>Merge and split cells.<\/li>\n<li>Add and remove rows and columns.<\/li>\n<li>Copy, cut and paste rows and columns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_1300\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2013\/04\/table1.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-1300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/table1-1024x555.png\" alt=\"Table menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\"><\/a> Table menu[\/caption]\n<h3>Table Properties<\/h3>\n<p>If you open the table properties window, you will see more options for how you want to display your table:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check \"Caption\" to add a caption (which is really&nbsp;more of a title or header).<\/li>\n<li>Change the table alignment on the page.<\/li>\n<li>Add simple styling from the \"Table Type\" menu.<\/li>\n<li>Add a custom CSS class to enable more styling from the CSS editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_1301\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2013\/04\/table2.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-1301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/table2-1024x554.png\" alt=\"Table properties menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\"><\/a> Table properties menu[\/caption]\n<h3>Copying Tables from Word<\/h3>\n<p>Tables should be clean and free of unnecessary mark-up in order to display correctly. Often, importing from Word brings in extra styling&nbsp;that can affect formatting. For best results, we recommend copying&nbsp;tables into the <strong>visual<\/strong> editor, without any in-line styling.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<p>Prefer to watch and learn? 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From this menu you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insert another table within a cell.<\/li>\n<li>Access the table properties (see below).<\/li>\n<li>Delete the entire table.<\/li>\n<li>Edit cell, row and column properties.<\/li>\n<li>Merge and split cells.<\/li>\n<li>Add and remove rows and columns.<\/li>\n<li>Copy, cut and paste rows and columns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1300\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2013\/04\/table1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1300\" src=\"\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/table1-1024x555.png\" alt=\"Table menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Table Properties<\/h3>\n<p>If you open the table properties window, you will see more options for how you want to display your table:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check &#8220;Caption&#8221; to add a caption (which is really&nbsp;more of a title or header).<\/li>\n<li>Change the table alignment on the page.<\/li>\n<li>Add simple styling from the &#8220;Table Type&#8221; menu.<\/li>\n<li>Add a custom CSS class to enable more styling from the CSS editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1301\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guide.pressbooks.com\/files\/2013\/04\/table2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1301\" src=\"\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/navegarvela\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2016\/09\/table2-1024x554.png\" alt=\"Table properties menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table properties menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Copying Tables from Word<\/h3>\n<p>Tables should be clean and free of unnecessary mark-up in order to display correctly. 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