Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 230)

210 Tables Book Tools
Adjust the padding around the contents of a cell
You may want a certain minimum of space between the contents of a cell and the lines that define
that cell.
1. Put your insertion point in the cell you want to modify.
2. Click the Padding “stepper” to increase or decrease the amount of padding.
or
3. Select the contents of the Padding field.
4. Enter the value you want.
5. Press T to confirm your choice.
Figure 241
The Padding portion of the Table Cells palette
Table 19
A padded cell
Make your tables stand out!
You can do a variety of things to cause the contents of your table to stand out. You can modify the
lines by changing their thickness, style and/or color. You can change the shading of the inside of
the cells by modifying their patterns and colors.
Modify the lines (edges, borders, etc.) of a table
Every line of a cell can have its own thickness, style and/or color. Whenever you click your
insertion point inside a table, the buttons on the Table Cell Borders palette which represent the
existing lines of that cell are highlighted. Other buttons, representing the lines that you can add to
that cell (or group of cells) are indicated as enabled (dark black). Buttons that represent lines that
you cannot add to the cell (or group of cells) are subtly grayed.
!
And one button to rule them all illustrated in Figure 242 below,
The Deselect All button!

Now is the time for all
good people to come to
the aid of Nisus Software
Inc.
The above cell is fully
justified with zero
padding.
Now is the time for
all good people to
come to the aid of
Nisus Software Inc.
The above cell is fully
justified with 14 points
of padding.