Pressing this button will open the Insert Table Drop Down dialog, which can be used to quickly insert tables or to select the Table Wizard, which can be used to design advanced tables. Insert Table Drop Down
The Insert Table Drop Down allows you to create a 6x6 or smaller table by dragging your cursor over the section of white squares. Depending on the position of the cursor, some of the white squares will turn blue and the dimensions of the selected table will be displayed (for example, a 5x4 Table in the menu above on the right). Release the cursor to create the table at the current cursor location in the content. For larger tables, select the Table Wizard. If the cursor position in the content is within an existing table, the table editing buttons in this dialog below the Table Wizard button will become active.
Cancel
Pressing Cancel in the Insert Table Drop Down will close the drop down menu and return you to editing content without inserting or modifying a table. Table Wizard
The Table Wizard button opens the Table Wizarddialog (discussed below). This dialog can be used for advanced table configuration.
Insert Row Above
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Insert Row Above button will add a row to that table directly above the row containing the cursor. Insert Row Below
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Insert Row Below button will add a row to that table directly below the row containing the cursor.
Delete Row
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Delete Row button will remove the row at the current cursor position. This will also delete any content within that row.
Insert Column to the Left
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Insert Column to the Left button will add a column to that table directly to the left of the column containing the cursor.
Insert Column to the Right
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Insert Column to the Right button will add a column to that table directly to the right of the column containing the cursor.
Delete Column
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Delete Column button will remove the column at the current cursor position. This will also delete any content within that column.
Merge Cells Horizontally
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Merge Cells Horizontally button will combine the cell at the cursor's current position with the cell directly to the right of the cursor's current position.
Merge Cells Vertically
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Merge Cells Vertically button will combine the cell at the cursor's current position with the cell directly below the cursor's current position.
Split Cell
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table and if it is also within a cell that spans multiple columns and/or multiple rows, the Split Cell button will reduce the column span and/or rowspan of the table cell by one. If the cell spans multiple columns, it will be split once horizontally. If the cell spans multiple rows, it will be split once vertically. If the cell spans multiple rows and multiple columns, it will be split once horizontally and once vertically.
Delete Cell
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Delete Cell button will remove the cell at the cursor's current position from the table. Cells to the right of this cell are then shifted left to occupy the column vacated by the deleted cell.
Set Cell Properties
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Set Cell Properties button opens the Cell Properties dialog. This dialog can be used for advanced cell configuration.
Set Table Properties
If the cursor's position in the content is within an existing table, the Set Table Properties button opens the Table Wizard dialog. This dialog can be used for advanced table configuration.
Edit Table Context Menu
If you right-click inside an existing table cell, the Edit Table Context Menu will appear. This menu has many of the features of the Insert Table Drop Down dialog. Refer to the explanations of those features in the previous section on the Insert Table Drop Down, as their effect will be the same. For the purposes of those explanations, the cursor's position is within an existing table and the current cell is the once in which you right-clicked.
Show/Hide Border
The Show/Hide Border button will turn on and off the dashed cell bordering, which are guidelines to show you where cell boundaries are located. It does not effect any border you have added to the table in the Table Wizard.