Operation Manual

504 | Corel DESIGNER X7 User Guide
In this example, a table was used to create the title block of a drawing.
To add a table to a drawing
1
Click the Table tool .
2 Type values in the Rows and columns boxes on the property bar.
The value that you type in the top portion specifies the number of rows; the value that you type in the bottom portion specifies the
number of columns.
3 Drag diagonally to draw the table.
You can also create a table by clicking Table Create new table, and then typing values in the Number of rows, Number of
columns, Height, and Width boxes.
To create a table from text
1
Click the Pick tool .
2 Select the text that you want to convert to a table.
3
Click Table Convert text to table.
4 In the Create columns based on the following separator area, choose one of the following options:
• Commas — creates a column where a comma appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
• Tabs — creates a column where a tab appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
• Paragraphs — creates a column where a paragraph marker appears
• User defined — creates a column where a specified marker appears and a row where a paragraph marker appears
If you enable the User defined option, you must type a character in the User defined box.
If you do not type a character in the User defined box, only one column is created, and each paragraph of text creates a table row.
You can also convert a table to text. For more information, see “To convert a table to text” on page 511.
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components
You must select a table, table rows, table columns, or table cells before you insert rows or columns, change the table border properties, add
a background fill color, or edit other table properties. You can move selected rows and columns to a new location in a table. You can also
copy or cut a row or column from one table and paste it in another table. In addition, you can move from one table cell to another when
editing the table cell text, and you can set the direction in which the Tab key lets you move around a table.