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Chapter 4 Working with Table Cells 111
5 When an element is in the format eld, click its disclosure triangle and choose a
formatting option from the pop-up menu.
6 To display predened text before or after any element, place the insertion point in the
format eld and then type your text. You can click any element and use the Left Arrow
and Right Arrow keys to place the insertion point.
7 To display space between elements, place the insertion point and press the Space bar
one or more times.
8 To delete an element in the eld, select it and then press Delete.
To move an element around in the eld, drag it.
9 In the Name eld, type a name for your date/time format.
Custom format names are listed in the Cell Formats pop-up menu in the format bar
and in the Cell Format pop-up menu of the Cells inspector.
10 Click OK to save your date/time format and apply it to the selected cells.
When you enter a date or time value into a formatted cell, the format is applied if the
value entered contains a hyphen (-) or a slash (/).
When you type this value into a cell with the
above format
The value is displayed like this
4/16/99 April 16 1999 falls on day 106 of the year
2-23 February 23 2008 falls on day 54 of the year
Dec. 15, 2010 Dec. 15, 2010
Creating a Custom Text Format
You can dene text to display before or after a value entered into a table cell when no
other format has been applied to the cell.
To dene text to display in table cells:
1 Select one or more cells.
2 Do one of the following:
Choose Custom from the Cell Formats pop-up menu in the format bar. Â
Choose Custom from the Cell Format pop-up menu in the Cells inspector. Â
Choose Format > Create Custom Cell Format. Â