Working with tables

Tables are often used in schedules and to show information in columns.

Marking up tables

How to insert a table in Edit mode

1. Enter Edit mode.

2. Click Insert and then Insert table.

3. Click Update.

Laws.Africa will add a simple table with two rows and two columns.

How to copy a table from a Word document

You can copy and paste a table from a Word document.

1. Highlight the table in the Word document.

2. Copy the table to the clipboard (with Ctrl+C or choosing Copy from the Edit menu).

3. In Laws.Africa, enter Edit mode.

4. Position the cursor at the start of the line where you would like to place the table.

5. Paste the table with Ctrl+V or by choosing Paste from your browser's Edit menu.

6. Hit Tab until it has been indented appropriately.

How to edit a table

1. Click Edit table to enter table edit mode.

2. Make your changes to the table.

3. Insert and delete columns and rows by clicking Insert and Delete.

4. Merge cells by highlighting them and clicking Merge cells.

5. Mark up heading cells by highlighting them and clicking Heading.

6. Resize columns by clicking and dragging on the border between them.

7. Left align, center and right-align text by clicking the editor alignment buttons.

8. Click Update to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard them.

Exercise

Copy the table below into your document:

1. Enter Edit mode.

2. Copy the text below.

3. Paste the table into your document and click Update.

    TABLE
      TR
        TC
          Vegetables

        TC
          Fruits

      TR
        TC
          Cucumber

        TC
          Apples

      TR
        TC
          Carrots

        TC
          Pears

      TR
        TC
          Lettuce

        TC
          Oranges

      TR
        TC
          Tomatoes

        TC

It should look something like this:

Vegetables	Fruits
Cucumber	Apples
Carrots	Pears
Lettuce	Oranges
Tomatoes

Now make the header cells bold.

1. Click Edit table.

2. Highlight the header cells individually or as a group and click Heading.

A tomato is actually a fruit. Put it under both columns by merging the two cells in the tomato row.

1. Select the Tomatoes cell and the one next to it by dragging the mouse.

2. Click Merge cells.