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Cell Manipulations In Tables (Questions And Answers)
DocumentID: 607579
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:29 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Is it possible to change cell/column size after a table is created?

Yes, the column can be changed with the control arrows in the Table Edit menu, or via the Format, Column, Width option. Keep in mind that you will not be allowed to exceed your margins. The cell can only be changed by what is held in it.


Question:
Can you split one row differently than the rest of the table? Can one cell be longer than another cell in the same row?

Answer:
Yes.


Question:
When a cell's size is changed, what happens to the text inside?

Answer:
It wraps. If you calculate a number that will not fit in the columns width, then it wraps. It may not wrap and rewrite the screen immediately, if it looks wrong in the text screen, go into View Document and back out which forces it to rewrite.


Question:
When I size and add cells/columns where does WP add them?

Answer:
In the Table Edit menu, pressing the Delete key will ask to delete rows, or columns. If you choose rows, 3, it will delete the row that my cursor is in and two rows down. If you choose columns, and 3, it will delete the present column and additional two columns to the right. Pressing the Insert key will insert a row or column directly above the current row or to the left of the current column.


Question:
Can you change cell numbers?

Answer:
Unlike footnotes, endnotes and pages a cell's address cannot be changed. It could become altered using split, join and hiding lines to make it appear as a different number but there is not a practical application to give a cell a new address?


Question:
Can you lock cells? Why would you? What are the limits?

Answer:
Yes, the purpose is to keep a user from changing material in the cell accidentally. They cannot modify material in a locked cell without unlocking it. This is most common for a form fill-in, the creator of the table locks certain cells the temporary help should not play with. The Limits? A row or column containing a locked cell can be deleted from the Table Edit menu, kind of like deleting a passworded file.


Question:
Can you move a locked cell?

Answer:
Yes, and the locked cell will sort too.


Question:
What do locked cells "look" like?

Answer:
The cell number has a square bracket around it, i.e., Cell [A1] Doc 1 Pg 1 Ln 1.2.

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