This guide provides instructions for report editors on how to manage the appearance and placement of manual and Excel tables within a report section.
Manage a Manual or Excel Table within a Report Section Walkthrough
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Manage the Formatting of a Manual or Excel Table on a Page
- To manage a manual or Excel table on a page, click within the block.
- The default will be center aligned, but you can change the alignment to have the table be left or right aligned on the page.
- If needed, choose to wrap text around the table or break text around the table.
- Note: The wrap text feature has no effect on the alignment of text inside table cells; it only affects text outside a table. Use this feature with caution and only for small tables that are less than one page.
- Change the table size on the page as needed from Large to Medium, Small or Very Small.
- Large = column width
- Medium = 0.75 column width
- Small = 0.5 column width
- Very small = 0.25 column width
- Change the text size of the table from Standard to Larger, Smaller or Very Small.
- Change the Row Height of the table from Standard to Smaller or Very Small.
- Tip: the table size, text size and row height are great for helping you fit the table on a single page or expand a table to fill more of a page and remove white space. Start here when trying to keep a table on a single page.
- Add and manage headers or footers to a table with the Add Header icon.
- Click Choose Template to select a statement to mimic the formatting within the manually created table.
- Toggle on any of the options in the bottom right corner to help with its placement and display within the report.
- Keep with Next will make sure the table and the next block are together. It forces an entire paragraph or table to move to the same page as the next block.
- Suppress Rows and Columns to hide any empty rows or columns.
- Don't break between pages prevents small tables from being split between two pages.
- Show in Table of Contents will allow you to add a reference to this specific table in the Table of Contents.
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