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Table cells
Each table cell has a text column and a background shape, which determines the
background color of the cell. Use the TEXT TOOL to edit and format text within the cell, just
as you would edit any other text. You can also place any other type of object in a table
cell by inserting it embedded in the text. To do this select and copy the object you want to
insert to the clipboard, place the text cursor in the cell and paste (Ctrl+V). Select multiple
cells using SHIFT + SELECT or CTRL + SELECT

Colors and tables
The table as a whole has a background color and that determines the default color of
each table cell. But each cell can have its own background color and you can set the
color of a whole row or column of cells.

If the table is not already selected, the first click on the table will select the whole table
(you see all the table’s handles appear). Click on a color to change or replace any of the
colors used in the table. The REPLACE COLOR dialog will appear allowing you to choose
the color to replace.

You can also change the color of all cells in a row or column by selecting the whole
row/column. With the whole table selected, click on the row or column’s
SELECT/REPOSITION HANDLE. That selects all the background shapes in the row or
column. You can then set the background color, or reset the background color, of all the
selected cells.

Outlines
With the whole table selected, the line width control on the top bar shows the width of the
cell outlines for the whole table. You can change the outline width using that control, or
remove the visible outlines by selecting NONE.

To set the color of the outline, right-click on the COLOR LINE and choose SET LINE COLOR.
You can also select the line colors in the same way as cell backgrounds, by selecting the
color and selecting LINE COLOR in the replace colors dialog.

Copying data from other sources
You can paste tab delimited text data to quickly populate a table - so in Excel for
example:
• Select and copy cells
• In Designer place the text cursor in the top left cell of the destination table - make sure
the cell is empty
• Paste using the ‘Unformatted Text’ option