Formatting a Table Cell

Individual table cells are formatted using the Cell Properties option. The dialog box provides options for adding cell borders (assigning line width and color), adding a background color, or changing the cell width.

To Format a Table Cell:

1. Open the topic containing the table, or insert a table into the current topic.
2. Move the cursor to the cell you want to format.
3. Choose from the Table Toolbar

   -or-

   Right-click in the cell and choose Cell Properties... from the shortcut menu.

4. Change the cell width if needed (table measurements are based on pixels).

   Note: changing the width of a cell updates all cells in that column.

5. Select Background Color [...] to open the color picker and assign a background color for the cell.
6. Choose the cell border options:
   • Select the border width from the drop-down list
   • Select [...] next to the border to open the color picker and assign a border color

     

7. Choose Update to format the cell.