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Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to Pages
- Overview of Pages
- Creating a Document Using the Pages Templates
- Formatting a Document’s Layout and Table of Contents
- Setting Page Orientation and Size
- Setting Page Margins
- Creating Columns
- Varying Column and Page Layouts
- Creating a Document With Left- and Right-Facing Pages
- Adding Headers, Footers, Page Numbers, Footnotes, and Endnotes
- Varying Document Formatting Using Section Breaks
- Adding a Repeated Background Image
- Using a Table of Contents
- Formatting Text and Paragraphs
- Working With Styles
- Working With Graphics andOther Media
- Changing Object Properties
- Creating Tables
- Adding a Table
- Using Table Cells and Borders
- Formatting Tables
- Adding Images or Background Colors
- Formatting Numbers
- Sorting Cells
- Autofilling
- Using Formulas
- A Tour of Using Formulas
- Adding a Quick Formula
- Removing a Formula
- Using the Formula Editor to Add and Edit Formulas
- Using Cell References
- Adding a Formula to Multiple Cells
- Performing Arithmetic Operations
- Using Predefined Functions
- Operators and Functions for Advanced Table Formula Users
- Defining Formulas That Use Operators
- Defining Formulas That Use Functions
- Creating Charts
- Personalizing Documents With Address Book Data
- Printing and Exporting Your Document to Other Formats
- Designing Your Own Document Templates
- Index
Chapter 8 Creating Tables 175
To make table rows automatically grow or shrink to fit their contents:
m Select the table, and then select the checkbox labeled “Automatically resize to fit
content” in the Table pane of the Table Inspector.
With this option selected, table cells automatically get bigger when text extends
beyond the cell boundary, and adding rows or columns increases the outside
dimensions of the table. As text is removed from a cell, the row height may decrease
(if the cell determines the row height). If “Automatically resize to fit content” is not
selected, Pages tries to keep the outside dimensions of the table the same when you
add rows and columns.
Note: Table cells cannot span multiple pages, columns, or text boxes.
Aligning Text in a Table Cell
You can align text horizontally and vertically in a table cell. To align text, use the Text
pane of the Text Inspector.
To open the Text pane of the Text Inspector:
m Click the Inspector button in the toolbar (or choose View > Show Inspector), and then
click the Text Inspector button. Then click Text.
(For more information about the Text pane of the Text Inspector, see “Using the Text
Inspector” on page 88.)
To align text horizontally within table cells:
m Select one or more cells or the entire table, and click one of the horizontal alignment
buttons in the Text pane of the Text Inspector.
To align text vertically within cells:
m Select one or more cells or the entire table, and click one of the vertical alignment
buttons in the Text pane of the Text Inspector.
Align text right.
Justify text (align text
right and left).
Align text left.
Center text.