Inserting a Table

When you need to display information in a tabular format, you can insert a table to format the information into rows and columns.

Using a table is the best way to ensure that your information will be formatted correctly in all output formats. Because there is no equivalent for a tab character in HTML outputs, we recommend using tables without borders instead of tabs to lay out tabular information in your document.

To Insert a Table

1. Position the cursor where you want the table to be inserted.

   Note: In your Word output, the left margin of the table matches the paragraph directly above the table, so you may want to choose a different style for that paragraph with the left margin setting that you want.

2. Choose the button from the Tables toolbar and select the initial number of rows and columns in the table by dragging your cursor, then clicking.

   -OR-

   Choose Table > Insert from the Book Editor menu.

   The Insert Table window appears.

   

3. Author-it inserts a table with the selected number of rows and columns. You can always add more later.